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Twenty years ago or more, a friend and I, plus our children, were given a tour of the Schwinn Bicycle Corporation headquarters and their sep...

Asked by Nancy L. Fagin

Is there still any Works Progress Administration (WPA)-constructed infrastructure in Chicago? I remember seeing WPA stamped into the retain...

Asked by Rosemary A. Caruk

Can you shed a little light on the late 20th century proposal for Chicago's badly needed third 'jetport' that may or may not have included a...

Asked by Matthew Stone

Just south of the Chicago Brown Line El stop, west side of the tracks, on the side of a building there is a black sign with white letters th...

Asked by Richell Mintzlaff

How many brick streets still remain in the city of Chicago? (I live on one, in Beverly/Morgan Park.)

Asked by Anonymous

Hello,\ \ I was born in 1959 and grew up in what is now known as Wrigleyville, the 3400 block of N Elaine Place. Coincidentally that is the ...

Asked by Anonymous

Why are there 6-way intersections in Chicago?

Asked by K. Dick

Is Harrison St. named after William Henry Harrison, 9th president of the United States (as surrounding presidential streets would suggest) o...

Asked by Rebecca Saunders Curious Chicagoan

In Lincoln Park, there is a large rock with a plaque marking the burial site of David Kennison, 'Last Survivor of the Boston Tea Party.' ...

Asked by Mike Silverman

What do you know about the building across from 333 N Michigan AV. It presently houses a Chinese Bakery. However, some time ago I saw a ph...

Asked by Dan Fitzgerald

I saw a study a few years back that said that Cook County had more native speakers of Irish Gaelic than any other county in the United State...

Asked by Gerald Joyce

I recently saw a photo of the Cook County Jail from the early 1900's when it was called Bridewell Prison. In the photo there was a quarry o...

Asked by Aida Sanchez

What's the history of the supposed goats in the Bucktown neighborhood, and does anyone remember them?

Asked by Lisa Junkin

Why is there no Filipinotown in Chicago?

Asked by Su Layug

I believe most of your listeners already know the history of the Chicago Flag. The thing I find so interesting and probably impossible to r...

Asked by Joseph Cruz

what is the story about the detour the elevated tracks of the CTA do between Division and Chicago.

Asked by Dubi Kaufmann

What is the oldest fire hydrant in Chicago?\ \ I often am amazed when I see the years imprinted in some of the Chicago fire hydrants. Its s...

Asked by Marty Hurley

The entrance to the Montrose dog beach appears to be an old abandoned harbor that got filled in. It is pretty neat, what is its history?

Asked by Jason Roberts

How long has the strike at the Congress Plaza Hotel on Michigan Avenue been going on? I have seen picketing outside the hotel since 2002. Wh...

Asked by Grace Jane

How did the Postal Service in Chicago make such an impressive turnaround from the dismal lows of the early nineties?

Asked by Lauren Macson

What happened to the train depot that is shown in this picture of Logan Square circa 1968?\ http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42g25nzkK1rod...

Asked by Matt Rowan

Alcohol sales are not allowed in Chicago on Sundays before 11am. Why hasn't this old-fashioned law been repealed yet?

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Why do you mostly focus on the city? I guess because they are the majority of questions you get.\ \ That makes no sense in a region that is ...

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Do they still make the Crown Point wooden nickel?

Asked by Dennis

Has anyone heard of the Suicide Club from the 1920s in Hammond, Indiana?

Asked by Bruce Woods

I wonder how some of the streets got their names. Like, Emerald and Wolcott. Schools, too. And Kinzie, Kedzie?

Asked by Mary Akins

Why don't black people in Chicago know their own history?

Asked by Milly

Who were the first people in Chicago?

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What were some of Chicago's first businesses?

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My daughter found this in Winnemac Park. It was partially buried, she saw the 6 and M. Her and my 2 boys did a professional excavation of ...

Asked by Naomi Ledrowski

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