Why those old CTA bus shelters are still around
One curious citizen noticed the seemingly random, old-school bus shelters still lingering around the city. She wanted to know why those still remain and if the company JCDecaux had anything to do …
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What’s The Deal With Illinois’ Traffic Death Highway Signs?
Not one, but four of you curious citizens asked us for the story behind the signs on the highway that show the current number of traffic deaths in Illinois. We get into the history of these signs …
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The best rock double bills to ever grace Chicago stages
When curious citizen Patrick Gallagher found himself wondering about the best double bills ever hosted on our local concert stages, like many a stumped Chicagoan before him, he turned to us. And we …
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Would legalizing marijuana hit gangs’ pocket-books?
Siva Iyer asked us a loaded question about the economics of the drug trade. Got any leads for us to consider?
Our look into Dunning’s dark past
Mike Dotson from Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood is curious to know: “What’s the history behind Cook County’s former Dunning Insane Asylum and the people buried near there?” Freelance writer and …
Span of a (South Shore) block
Marya Lucas asked what’s behind quality-of-life differences from one Chicago block to another. There’s no tip-toeing around the city’s social divisions. They’re plain to see, but the reasons aren’t …
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Curious City TV!
Channel surfers can now swim in the pool of curiosity by catching our vids on WYCC PBS Chicago’s In the Loop. That’s every Thursday at 7 p.m. on channel 20.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Is the U of C’s Stagg Field radioactive?
We’re looking into Mark Eifert’s question about Stagg Field’s history as the location of the first sustained nuclear chain reaction. Got any glowing insight on this?
What defines a diner?
Investigating diners for Curious City, but what defines a diner?
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Chicago before settlement
Listener Jeremy Cox asked what our landscape looked like before the days of expressways, skyscrapers, manicured lawns and discarded Cheetos bags. We deliver the greatest hits (think real Chicago …
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