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Engine co. 84 in Englewood has two gravestones and a cross in their yard--what are they for? And is this common for fire stations to do?

Asked by Yvonne Zipter

What's the history of Confederate Mound in Oak Woods Cemetery, and how do the African Americans neighbors of the cemetery feel about it?

Asked by Lucy

Why are major thourofares named after such distant and different areas as California and Sacramento? Why are they so close to each other?

Asked by Bob Lichtenbert

Are most African Americans in Chicago still connected to the black church? Is the black church in Chicago holding its place or in decline?

Asked by Tim

How were the streets in Chicago named? Why are the streets only numbered on the South side and named on the North side?

Asked by Cheryl Mitchell

There was a cheesecake recipe from one of two restaurants from the 1950's: Nielsens or Mickelberrys. it was high and very light...Help

Asked by Carol Cronin

Sea chanties about the Great Lakes that aren't the Edmund Fitzgerald? Centuries provided rich songs elsewhere, but what about here?!?!

Asked by Josh Kurutz

Do people know about the Love Canal disaster (Lois Marie Gibbs wrote a book about it), and how it mirrors what East Chicago, IN is going th...

Asked by Elizabeth Palacio

Chicago has several streets named after the Great Lakes. Most run east/west, but only one, Michigan Ave, runs North/South. Why?

Asked by Judy Myers

We were just at the Randolph Street Market and were in the Plumbers Union Hall. Can you provide some background and history on the building?

Asked by ROBERT LEZON

For our named highways - obviously Kennedy and Eisenhower were presidents. But who were Edens, Dan Ryan, Bishop Ford, Stevenson and Adams?

Asked by Anonymous

There is supposedly an underground tunnel that leads from a warehouse in Forest Park to Midway airport. Is it true? Why??

Asked by Sara Teppema

Why do Chicagoans call althetic shoes "gym shoes"? When the majority of the country uses "tennis shoes"

Asked by Rekha

Why does Chicago Ave intersect lake shore drive & not merge onto it like other streets?

Asked by Freddy Fifield

Why are there so many used car lots on Western Ave but seemingly nowhere else in Chicago?

Asked by Anonymous

Why did everyone have to learn how to play the recorder during elementary school?

Asked by George Semaan

Why are private in-ground pools not allowed in Chicago? I heard that they were outlawed, but a few in-ground pools were grandfathered in

Asked by Michael Carroll

That building on the Kennedy with murals of famous Chicagoans; just noticed that its writers picture is on canvas. Is that new? Why?

Asked by Neil Holman

Why is WBEZ called WBEZ, as opposed to something more obviously Chicago? I know it originally represented the board of education but the Z?

Asked by Anonymous

Historically did the Mexican population of Chicago come from a specific region? If so why & how does that influence the local culture to...

Asked by Nate Lielasus

I am new to Pilsen and was wondering why all the buildings are seemingly built below the street level. Most have a walkway to the front door

Asked by Ray Erickson

What do the symbols on the cook county criminal court house signify? specifically, the letters "SPQC", the friezes of the Bulls and Eagles

Asked by Victor

Why are there only numbered streets on the South Side of Chicago?

Asked by Zuri Mabrey-Wakefield

What is the history of Jarvis Square in Rogers Park? Did it once house a small grocer? Drugstore? It has such a small town feel in the city

Asked by Anonymous

How did the Auburn Gresham neighborhood get its name? (Seems like a simple enough question to answer, yet no one seems to know!)

Asked by Renee Burnett

Driving Lake Shore Drive & I noticed the water level for Lake Michigan seems high. Dangerous? Highest ever? Issue for breakwall worker...

Asked by Jim

Did RJ Grunts in Lincoln Park actually create the first salad bar as they claim in their menu?

Asked by Emily Moore

I live in the Avondale neighborhood and everyday see a smoke stack that says (B) Elmont Laundry. I notice there are simlar structures aroun...

Asked by Kerry Smith

Why does Chicago have so many parks? Why are so many neighborhoods named after the local parks?

Asked by Rohit Agarwal

What's the story behind our industrial "neighborhoods"? Printer's Row, the strip of what used to be shoe factories in the loop, etc.

Asked by G. Hollander

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