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What is the history behind the old telephone exchanges? For example, how did they get names such as “HUmboldt 6”?

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How often are taxis pulled over and what is the most often issued offense they receive?

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Who is the super-friendly train conductor on the red line?

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The Traffic Death signs over the Kennedy and Edens still show 2012 numbers. Has no one died yet in 2013? And what's the scope - Chicago ci...

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What is the history behind the old telephone exchanges? For example, how did they get names such as “HUmboldt 6”?

Asked by Jeff Osman

What's it like to live in a home that's directly adjacent to CTA tracks?

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Setting the pedigree of 'windy city' nickname aside....is chicago windier than US average?

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Why did the CTA build the concrete pads in the street at bus stops?

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Several years ago JC Decaux won the contract the replace all the CTA bus shelters throughout the city. They maintain and clean them, change...

Asked by Jen Masengarb

Is it possible to discern how the Chicago accent came to be?

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How has Beverly managed to maintain racial integration while the majority of other South Side neighborhoods experienced white flight?

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Dunning Insane Asylum and the potters field. Whats the history behind this location and the supposed 30,000 plus bodies buried there?

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All those guard towers at the bridges in Chicago - who stays in those, and what do they do all day, since bridges rarely go up?

Asked by Jim Brady

What is the real story about Chicago's population of parrots?

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How much of Chicago's power comes from natural gas produced through fracking?

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When was Chicago's wooden block pavement adopted and when did it go out of style? What replaced it?

Asked by Greg

There are signs on the highway that say there have been, let's say, 1000 traffic-related deaths this year. Does that mean in Chicago alone? ...

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How about information about Chicago area Cold War missile defense sites?

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Who are (some) of the honorary streets named after? Frank Caputo Way on Madison and Halsted for example. There are so many!

Asked by Leah Pouw

When should public money go to private projects? Does Chicago do this enough? Too much?

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How does one go about understanding the morning traffic report when travel times and road names (some are just exit names and something call...

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If there was one book that one should purchase in order to learn the most about Chicago, which one would it be? Tales, facts, history, engin...

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How often are taxis pulled over and what is the most often issued offense they receive?

Asked by Dan Monaghan

Who is the super-friendly train conductor on the red line?

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The first sustained nuclear chain reaction occurred under the stands of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago. Is that site still radioac...

Asked by Mark Eifert

Why was the Western Avenue Viaduct built? Was there so much traffic at the intersection of Western, Belmont and Clybourne that we needed a ...

Asked by Jill Westerfelhaus

Whilst driving north on Canal Street from Chinatown, I saw once again the little (or big?) house at the top of the bridge near 18th & Canal....

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Which are the oldest diners and what are their stories?

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What did the South Side neighborhoods look like before the Dan Ryan Expressway was built?

Asked by Ryne Holmquist

What is the highest point, geographically, in Chicago?

Asked by Elizabeth

What happens to all that stuff we so dutifully recycle. Is there a recycling processing plant in Chicago?

Asked by Julie Korzenik

What is with all of the cement areas on the road at bus stops? Is it because busses are heavy? GPS tracking? Always wondered.\ \ Thanks!\ Je...

Asked by Jess Driscoll

Does the wild onion from which Chicago got it's name still grow in the region? Does the onion truly smell bad?

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