Curious City is a news-gathering experiment designed to satisfy the public’s curiosity. People submit questions, vote for their favorites, and WBEZ reports out the winning questions in real time, on Facebook, Twitter and the timeline above.  

Ross Brodt moved to Roscoe Village this past March, and since then he’s heard several folks mention this mysterious old theme park called “Riverview.” He wants to know about the origins of the park and why it was torn down. WBEZ’s Shannon Heffernan is venturing into the collective memories of Chicagoans to get him more than those answers. If you have a Riverview memories - feel free to comment below. Soon we’ll be setting up a way for you to submit more than words.