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Why do most older apartment buildings in Chicago have wooden porches instead of iron fire escapes?

Asked by Tom Gossett | Reported by Jennifer Brandel

How do they clean the Bean at Millennium Park?

Asked by Anonymous | Reported by Maham Khan

Why are there so many Amish people at Union Station?

Asked by Paul Vaccarello | Reported by Katie Klocksin

Can the new governor undo the approved same-sex marriage bill?

Asked by Christie Pettitt-Schieber | Reported by Alex Keefe

I have heard there is a network of layered tunnels under the city. Is this true, and if so, what was the purpose of the tunnels when they were designed and built?

Asked by Karri DeSelm | Reported by Robin Amer

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Who is the person that updates the highway death toll counter everyday? Is it the most depressing job ever?

Asked by Joe Kuechenmeister

Does Chicago's recycling ACTUALLY get sorted and recycled? Exactly HOW does #1 plastic get separated from #2 plastic from aluminum from ...

Asked by Patricia Broughton

Why do most older apartment buildings in Chicago have wooden porches instead of iron fire escapes?

Asked by Tom Gossett

How do they clean the Bean at Millennium Park?

Asked by Anonymous

Where does our recycling go and what gets done with it?

Asked by Anonymous

Why is there rare mention and no memorials, buildings or streets named after the only woman mayor of Chicago - Jane Byrne?

Asked by Shana Jackson

I've been seeing these signs with red boxes with a red 'x' through them on houses and other buildings. Most of the houses that have them ar...

Asked by Carrie

Why are there so many Amish people at Union Station?

Asked by Paul Vaccarello

What sorts of buildings housed speakeasy bars in Chicago during Prohibition? What made these buildings well-suited to be speakeasies?

Asked by Elena Hadjimichael

Where were the POW camps located in the Chicago area during World War 2?

Asked by Scott

What percentage of white Chicago school age children attend public school?

Asked by Anonymous

How did the Great Fire of 1871 affect where Chicago's wealthy and poor lived?

Asked by Angela

In the City of Chicago (downtown/Gold Coast), does the recycling REALLY get recycled?

Asked by Mina

Are the items in our recycling bins (blue bins, City of Chicago, and other private co recycling receptacles) *actually* recycled?

Asked by Michelle

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

Asked by Leanne

Who keeps track of the traffic deaths that are reported on the Chicago highways? What are the geographical limitations?

Asked by Guinevere Moore

What factors influence daily, weekly, and seasonal traffic patterns in the Chicagoland region?

Asked by Esther Bowen

How did Chicago come to have two 'Chinatowns': Cermak/Chinatown and Argyle?

Asked by Joshua Lau

Chicago currently has 28 'sister cities' around the globe. What is the process of determining a 'sister city', and what are the benefits?

Asked by Kelly Pedersen

I am curious about the history of the physical location of Chicago's lakeshore, as compared to the current shoreline.

Asked by Jacob Karaca

Where does the trash in the Chicago blue trash bins go?

Asked by Anonymous

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

Asked by Barry Aldridge

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

Asked by Erin McDuffie

What was behind the so-called Cabbage Wars in West Ridge and Rogers Park? I would like to know more because, you know ... cabbage wars.

Asked by laura macknin

What does the red X in the white box painted on buildings mean?

Asked by Robert Sargis

Can the new governor undo the approved same-sex marriage bill?

Asked by Christie Pettitt-Schieber

Please talk about the WWII prisoner of war camps, where they were located and details of want it was like to be a prisoner.

Asked by Patrick J Campbell

What happens to the mixed recycling from the Blue Carts when Waste Management picks it up?

Asked by David Cook

When you walk by a sign that says - 'Beware Falling Ice,' should you walk closer to a building or farther away? Which is safest?

Asked by Hallie Rosen

I have heard there is a network of layered tunnels under the city. Is this true, and if so, what was the purpose of the tunnels when they we...

Asked by Karri DeSelm

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