Chicago built 50+ miles of new bike lanes, increasing cyclists by 119% and dramatically reducing fatal collisions
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Finding a book club (in Chicago)
I'm a recent college grad in the Chicago area and was planning to join a book club (preferably classic literature) to meet like-minded people my age. Unfortunately, this wound up being a much more...
I'm a recent college grad in the Chicago area and was planning to join a book club (preferably classic literature) to meet like-minded people my age. Unfortunately, this wound up being a much more difficult task than I expected. Practically all the book clubs I could find online were inactive or had a much older age demographic. Anyone familiar with city have any tips for finding what I'm looking for (a book club or something similar)?
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Driver discovers the true cost of finding a "perfect" Chicago parking spot
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Meet Chicago's Rat Queen (w/ Rob Scallon) | Rats pt. 1
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Chicago’s NASCAR Race is a marvel of physics
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Why were Ancient Egyptians obsessed with cats?
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Hundreds paid to be ‘robbed’ by phony holdup crews to gain favorable immigration status, feds say
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Why every city wants a Wrigley Field
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The methodical plan to erase Chicago
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The Museum of Science and Industry abruptly closed for a day last week to allow it to move “military artifacts from archival storage”
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Mass shooting in Chicago leaves one child dead, ten other people injured in Back of the Yards
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The mystery of the Chicago Rat Hole
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Visualizing high speed rail from Chicago to Detroit
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High-speed rail at O'Hare Airport in Chicago, Illinois
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Chicago doesn’t own its own streets
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Led by labor-backed mayor Brandon Johnson, Chicago could become the first big city in the US to open a publicly owned grocery store
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Earth, Wind & Fire - September (1978)
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Chicago: Fifty years after it was promised, the South Red Line Extension is slated to get a $1.973B grant
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Crossrail Chicago: The foundation for a modern travel network
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A Chicago cop is accused of lying under oath forty-four times. Now prosecutors are dropping cases that relied on his testimony.
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John Hughes | What you see is what you get
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How Chicago solves its overheating problem
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NASCAR - Chicago weather delay
Under lighting strike delay for 30 minutes, then started to on/off drizzling rain, hopefully we get the race in today!? Upside though, Cole Custer (Ford Mustang) in 1st place, if you're a Ford...
Under lighting strike delay for 30 minutes, then started to on/off drizzling rain, hopefully we get the race in today!? Upside though, Cole Custer (Ford Mustang) in 1st place, if you're a Ford person like I am ya gotta be loving it!
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NASCAR has canceled the rest of the race do to rain and possibly more lighting strikes until 11AM (ET) tomorrow 7/2 on USA Network
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NASCAR racing on the streets of Chicago this weekend
Anyone else going to watch? Cup race is on Sunday July 2nd on NBC at 5:30pm (ET) 🏁 Grant Park 220
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I opened a ramen pop-up restaurant for just one night, and all 300 tickets sold out in 40s. It's one thing to cook for youtube videos, but it is another to cook for real customers.
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The last gamble of Tokyo Joe
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The Violin Doctor. He’s trusted to repair some of the world’s most fabled — and expensive — instruments. How does John Becker manage to unlock the sound of a Stradivarius?
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Siting bank branches
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Why Chicago's skyline is insanely well designed
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Why the US Army electrifies this water
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A haunting new documentary tells the story of women who created an abortion network when it was illegal
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Heat List - Chicago PD automated policing program got this man shot twice
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Rise Against - The Numbers (2021)
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Illinois trans man who gave birth will be listed as father on birth certificate
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Why do Biden's votes not follow Benford's Law? Debunking an election fraud claim.
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Homeland Security making plans to deploy some 150 agents in Chicago this week, with scope of duty unknown
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Family buys all of a Chicago paletero’s ice pops on Father’s Day, collects nearly $40K for him: ‘He refuses to stop working’
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The rape kit’s secret history - This is the story of the woman who forced the police to start treating sexual assault like a crime
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Carl Cotton: Chicago's original black taxidermist
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The case of Leopold and Loeb
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The next big thing in dining: virtual restaurants
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Chicago’s hidden indie rock archive
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"I like to think of bricks as brushstrokes or pixels" An interview with Will Quam, a brick enthusiast in Chicago
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R. Kelly arrested on Federal sex trafficking charges
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'It's totally unfair': Chicago, where the rich live thirty years longer than the poor
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Wonderland lost: Forty years ago, Earth, Wind & Fire’s final opus produced disco’s last great moment. My dad was there for all of it.
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Jussie Smollett’s case file is unsealed by judge
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Chicago’s ankle monitors can call and record kids without their consent
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Video shows Chicago police officers punching and dragging a 16-year-old student down stairs
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How a T. Rex named SUE became a nonbinary icon
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