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    But Terry Newsome, a white Chicago dad-turned-activist found there were 720 police incident reports logged at the Standard Club alone over the past 12 months.

  3. Backpage - Wikipedia

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    Backpage founder Michael Lacey founded the Phoenix New Times in 1970, saying it was a response to the Vietnam War and the Kent State shootings. Backpage co-founder Jim Larkin joined the New Times in 1971. [18] [19] [20] The New Times' papers were free and relied on advertising. The New Times especially relied on classified advertising to earn ...

  4. List of Illinois area codes - Wikipedia

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    312: Chicago, the central city area including the Chicago Loop and the Near North Side. 618/730: Southern Illinois, including Carbondale and most of the Metro East region of St. Louis suburbs in Illinois. 630/331: West suburbs of Chicago in DuPage County and Kane County including Wheaton, Naperville, and Aurora.

  5. South Side, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    UTC−05:00 (CDT) The South Side is one of the three major sections of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Geographically, it is the largest of the three sections of the city, with the other two being the North and West Sides. It radiates and lies south of the city's downtown area, the Chicago Loop. Much of the South Side came from ...

  6. July 2023 Chicago Area Flood - Wikipedia

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    Surface weather features in northeastern Illinois on July 2, 2023. Maps are valid 3 hours apart and begin at 4:00 AM CDT. During the overnight and early morning hours of July 2, a nearly stationary, weak warm front extended across parts of northern Illinois from roughly Peoria east-northeast toward the southern Chicago metropolitan area.

  7. Demographics of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Population pyramid of Chicago in 2021. Population. 2,665,039 (2022 est.) [1] The demographics of Chicago show that it is a large, and ethnically and culturally diverse metropolis. It is the third largest city and metropolitan area in the United States by population. Chicago was home to over 2.7 million people in 2020, accounting for over 25% of ...

  8. Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago metropolitan area, also referred to as the Greater Chicago Area and Chicagoland, is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the Midwest, containing the City of Chicago along with its surrounding suburbs and satellite cities. Encompassing 10,286 square mi (28,120 km 2), the metropolitan area ...

  9. Geography of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    According to the United States Census Bureau, the City of Chicago has a total area of 606.1 km 2 (234.0 sq mi). 588.3 km 2 (227.1 sq mi) of it is land and 17.8 square kilometres (6.9 sq mi) of it is water. The total area is 2.94% water. The city has been built on relatively flat land, the average height of land is 579 feet (176 m) above sea level.