The Chicago River: Below The Surface
A curious citizen wondered what’s at the bottom of the Chicago River. We deliver the goods: ancient rock, some interesting critters and plenty of evidence of modernity.
A curious citizen wondered what’s at the bottom of the Chicago River. We deliver the goods: ancient rock, some interesting critters and plenty of evidence of modernity.
Curious City’s all about your questions, but we decide to throw a bone to our outgoing Afternoon Shift host, Steve Edwards. The thing that’s kept him up at night? Why the left-turn signals just …
A curious listener asked why he saw an aviary at O’Hare Airport. After forwarding photos to O’Hare’s Special Projects Coordinator, we learned that this “aviary” is not an aviary at all — it’s a trap …
A tip from a Curious City fan helps clarify just what the heck city leaders were thinking when they gave South Side streets numbers.
When Evanstonian Mark Sheldon inquired why streets on the city’s North Side are named and streets on the South Side are numbered, who better to ask than our esteemed cadre of Chicago …
Curious City participant and recent Chicago-transplant Derek Stiles wanted to join a softball league. But when he saw people playing the sport without gloves and with a gigantic ball, he couldn’t …
The Chicago Transit Authority recently proposed cutting a dozen bus lines and adding service on others. So this question by Curious City participant Corinne Creswell seemed perfectly timed: Elston …
We’re cleaning out a fridge-full of summer-themed questions that we’d hate to see rot in our archive. Learn how Chicagoans beat the heat before AC, where you can surf on the lake and why you should …
A Chicago Alderman is calling for city council to renegotiate the recently passed mobile food truck ordinance in part because the repurcussions on ice cream trucks were not taken into consideration.
What factors lead to bus routes get added or removed? WBEZ’s Curious City is investigating. This interactive map shows the current round of bus route changes the CTA is proposing.