Curious City is spending time in West Ridge. What questions do you have about the neighborhood?
Over the next few months, the Curious City team will be asking West Ridge residents what stories they want to see covered about their community.

WBEZ’s Curious City series is an ongoing news experiment at WBEZ, online and on the radio dial around Chicago at 91.5 FM. Our mission is to include the public in editorial decision-making, make journalism more transparent and strengthen multimedia coverage about Chicago, the surrounding region and its people (past or present).
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Over the next few months, the Curious City team will be asking West Ridge residents what stories they want to see covered about their community.
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Jerald Gary, who purchased the theater in 2014, met an important deadline last month to maintain ownership of the historic building.
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