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I used to live in the Ukranian Village for a decade. The various apartments where I lived, while quaint and charming, had tiny closets, if t...

Asked by Todd Lakin

I have heard many stories over the years about the statue of General Phillip Sheridan (Belmont and Sheridan) and his horse. The most frequ...

Asked by Toni Roark

How many streets in Chicago are named for people who played an important role in the history of the city, which ones are they, and where are...

Asked by Rosemary

How/when did the city raise the street level?\ There are some neighborhoods on the south side where it is very apparent that the street leve...

Asked by Mike Vendel

I live in Bucktown, and notice that many older buildings/homes have entrances that are significantly below the street level, which is proble...

Asked by Jerry Hickey

Aside from the Museum of Science and Industry building, which I believe is fairly well known, what other buildings remain from the Chicago W...

Asked by Adam Lasser

What is the connection among all of the famous names that are listed on that two story black billboard, west of the Brown Line stop at Chica...

Asked by Kevin Rasp

What famous people visited Hyde Park in the summer heydays of the 1920s?

Asked by Debbie James

I live in the Ukrainian Village area of Chicago, which is the epicenter of Ukrainian culture here. I have heard that around 10,000 Ukrainia...

Asked by tracy

What caused the major shift of money from the South Side to the North Side neighborhoods ?

Asked by Anonymous

What was the thinking behind reversing the Chicago river & the technology used to do so?

Asked by Sarah Pavis

How did route 66 come to begin here in Chicago?

Asked by Martin

How did Chicago become such a segregated city? And how can we begin to change?

Asked by Shannon Sapolich

Who started dying the river green on St. Patrick's day and why?

Asked by Zach Johnson-Dunlop

How did the whole ward and aldermanic system start in Chicago?

Asked by Heather Meindl

How did all of Chicago's diagonal streets (Clybourn, Elston, Milwuakee, Lincoln, etc.) come to be?

Asked by Patti Browne

What was done with all the material left over from the Chicago fire?

Asked by Derek Jarvis

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