Chicago’s House-Share Ledger: 3,852 Active Registrations — and 2,230 Buildings That Filed to Bar House-Sharing

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Chicago's house-share ledger runs both directions: 3,852 active registrations spread across all 50 wards - and a prohibited list of 2,230 buildings totaling 184,978 units whose owners or boards filed to bar house-sharing, heaviest on the high-rise lakefront. Three city files read at their own grains, host names never touched, and the list's unusable vote dates disclosed rather than smoothed.

The Lowest Posted Clearance in Chicago’s Truck-Limit File Is 9 Feet 8 Inches — and One in Three Postings Sits Below 13 Feet 6

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The lowest posted street clearance in CDOT's truck-limit file is 9 feet 8 inches, at Melrose and Ravenswood - and the 1800 West block of Ravenswood holds three of the eight lowest postings. 1,713 posted height restrictions read in full: the fourteen lowest with ties shipped whole, one in three below 13 feet 6, and the Loop and Near West Side tied at 134 postings each. Posted signs, not measured steel - the file names no structures, and neither does this page.

The Busiest Chicago Public Library Branches, by 2025 Visits

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The Harold Washington Library Center logged 953,677 visits in 2025 - about three times any other location - with Sulzer Regional the busiest branch outside the Loop at 310,522. The top ten locations by the library system's own door counts, each with its 2019 comparison; only two beat their pre-pandemic count.

Every Chicago Lakefront Beach, Ranked by Advisory-Level Water Tests

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North Avenue Beach has the cleanest water-test record on Chicago's lakefront - 1.4 percent of its lab tests since 2021 at or above the swim-advisory action level - while 63rd Street sits at 10.3 percent, seven times that share. All 17 lakefront beaches ranked from the city's own 9,524 lab results, with Humboldt's inland lagoon counted apart.

The Chicago Lobbyists With the Most Reported Compensation in 2025

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No Chicago lobbyist reported receiving more in 2025 than Patrick Carey: $1,837,000 across his clients' quarterly filings, with John Dunn at $1,795,250 behind him. The ten registered filers with the most reported compensation, every figure summed as filed from the city's mandatory disclosure ledger - which records pay, not influence.

The Chicago TIF Districts With the Largest Fund Balances

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The Kinzie Industrial Corridor TIF holds $293 million - the largest special-fund balance of Chicago's 121 TIF districts - with LaSalle Central at $247.4 million behind it. The top ten funds hold $1.37 billion, 45 percent of the $3.05 billion across all districts, every figure from the districts' own 2024 annual reports.

The Chicago Community Areas With the Most Divvy Stations

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The Near West Side has more Divvy stations than any other Chicago community area - 91 in Divvy's own live feed - with the Near North Side at 90 and Lincoln Park at 76. The top ten areas ranked from the operator's feed, each entry showing the city dataset's count beside it, because the two official files sit 840 stations apart inside the city.

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