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Curious City

Episodios

No cars, no road salt: How one Midwestern community avoids salt all winter

How does a mild winter affect Chicago’s economy?

What was it like for women working in Hoover’s FBI?

Why did the FBI recruit girls from Catholic high schools?

How Ella Jenkins’ Chicago childhood shaped her iconic children’s music

What's the first Chicago public school named in honor of a Black person?

Why did Chicago widen Ashland Avenue?

Why is Ashland Avenue sometimes Ashland Boulevard?

We can’t name ‘em all, but here are some of Chicago’s greatest films

From ‘The Fugitive’ to ‘The Dark Knight,’ what’s the best movie filmed in Chicago?

‘Weather is cool’: Weird Chicago weather, from northern lights to water spouts

When is it no longer ‘cooler by the lake’?

‘It felt like a secret’: Remembering Chicago’s Berlin nightclub

What’s the story behind Berlin nightclub’s huge mural?

Krampus is coming: The Christmas demon’s Chicago connection

“A Christmas Carol”: An amateur actor’s journey into a Chicago holiday tradition

The first Black-owned airport in the U.S. was in Robbins, Illinois

A museum, a mayor and a road: How Lake Shore Drive became a runway ... intentionally

How one organization is transforming Englewood’s vacant lots

Want to buy the vacant lot next door? It might take awhile

Does your iguana need x-rays? A local exotic animal hospital can help

A monkey on the loose: Odd animal sightings in Chicago

Beyond the settlement: Helping Chicago’s many survivors of police torture

What impact do big payouts have on survivors of police torture and misconduct?

Two-and-a-half minutes: Pilot John Ginley’s dance with disaster

‘Mayday, mayday, mayday’: How many planes have landed on Lake Shore Drive?

A Curious City Halloween: Scary stories from spooked Chicagoans

Gone and nearly forgotten: Lincoln Park’s High Bridge

The unsung legacy of Margaret Burroughs: ‘We called her mama’

Chicago is a jazz city, but where are the jazz radio stations?

How a group of volunteers saved a rare Illinois wildflower

What’s that dead zone in the 19th Ward?

The tale of the two-flat

‘Women adrift’: How single women lived independently in early Chicago

‘Friendship set to music’: Curious City goes square dancing on the South Side

Square dance clubs used to be bumping on the weekends

Is your local mall dying, thriving or evolving?

What was Ford City Mall like in its heyday?

What happened after a dangerous year inside Cook County Jail

What is that supply tent outside of Cook County Jail?

Apple slices are a nearly forgotten piece of Chicago pastry history

Do pigs need rescuing?

What happened to Chicago’s presidential pig?

What’s the oldest book in circulation at the Chicago Public Library?

School is in session, and we put the CPS butter cookie to the test

School lunch used to pass the test

What’s the history of Chinese gangs in Chicago?

What a failed robbery from 1951 tells us about Chicago crime

The other organizations empowering Chicago’s Chinatown

What happened to Chinatown’s family associations?