Chicago’s Milwaukee Avenue, and other diagonal streets in Chicago were originally Native American trade routes, which gives them their askew paths.
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In 2003, the mayor of Chicago illegally…
In 2003, the mayor of Chicago illegally bulldozed the only runway at Meigs Field Airport to make a park. This stranded 16 aircraft on the ground, caused 1 plane to be diverted, and the city was fined the maximum $33k allowed by the FAA.
In 2003, the mayor of Chicago…
In 2003, the mayor of Chicago illegally bulldozed the runway of a downtown airport in the middle of the night to create a park. This stranded 16 planes on the ground and required an inbound flight to be diverted. The FAA fined the city $33k – the maximum allowed at the time.
The “Windy City” name has nothing…
The “Windy City” name has nothing to do with Chicago weather. Chicago’s nickname was coined by 19th-century journalists who were referring to the fact that its politicians were “windbags” and “full of hot air.”
Martin Luther King Jr….
Martin Luther King Jr. said he experienced far more hatred in Chicago than he ever did in Alabama or Mississippi. King took part of the Chicago Housing Movement in August 1966 with thousands of local whites jeering, throwing bricks, and displaying Confederate and Nazi signs all over the city.
Chicago is America’s top city… in the prevalence…
Chicago is America’s top city… in the prevalence of bedbugs, for the fourth year in a row.
There have been more deaths in Chicago from gang violence…
There have been more deaths in Chicago from gang violence than troops killed in Afganistan since 2001.
In 1918 over 100 waiters were arrested f …
In 1918 over 100 waiters were arrested for poisoning bad tippers in Chicago.