Shawn Allee
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- Username: shawnallee
- Editor, Community Bureaus (Interim)
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Station-Based
Recent Pieces from Shawn Allee
![Caption: Chicago From Above, Credit: Wakedog via Flickr](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/258604/artworks-000056284442-6ayuwr-t200x200_square.jpg)
Is Chicago Ready For Another Supertall Skyscraper?
(06:27)
From: WBEZ
Curious Citizen Andrew Wambach wanted to know: Is Chicago ready for another supertall skyscraper? If so, when?
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How did those green parrots get here?
(07:20)
From: WBEZ
Chicagoan Leanne Roddy asked WBEZ's Curious City this question: "I've heard there are parrots on the South Side of Chicago, and I was wondering where they came from."
![Caption: Dat Donut in Chatham, Credit: Logan Jaffe](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/257952/FOR_WEB_square.jpg)
Chicago's Best Indie Doughnut Shops
(10:01)
From: WBEZ
An anonymous listener asked Curious City: "Does Chicago have any more privately-owned doughnut shops, and which is the best?"
![Caption: A snippet of Chicago’s Deep Tunnel, Credit: Erik Nelson Rodriguez/The Illustrated Press](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/249168/artworks-000051163355-4f6pfp-original_square.jpg)
Are there tunnels under the loop?
(09:32)
From: WBEZ
A Curious Citizen had a hunch there might be tunnels lurking beneath Chicago’s downtown. She had no idea how right she was.
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Will Pullman Ever Be Revitalized?
(09:21)
From: WBEZ
A post-industrial neighborhood considers whether to market its history ... or start a Pullman 2.0
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Did a WWII nuclear experiment make the U of C radioactive?
(10:03)
From: WBEZ
Um, No. But did the Manhattan Project’s Enrico Fermi consider the risk to Chicago?
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The Chicago Accent and the Chicago 'blaccent'
(09:12)
From: WBEZ
How similar are African-American accents? For one commenter, not as close as we’d suggested
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Where is the highest point in Chicago?
(06:53)
From: WBEZ
The area’s so flat that every bunny hill seems a candidate. But, no, really — where is it?
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What Chicago Aldermen Actually Do
(11:45)
From: WBEZ
Pregnancy tests? Pigeon poo? What Chicago aldermen really do
One frustrated Chicagoan wondered what her alderman’s responsible for
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