Chicago, Illinois

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The Chicago, IL graticule is located at latitude 41, longitude -87. It includes almost the entire city proper (excluding the area north of Devon Ave), the south suburbs, Kankakee, Gary and NW Indiana.

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Notable Dates

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Virgletati earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (41, -87) graticule, here, on 2008-05-24.

Official Meetup

In accordance with the Main Page, the official meetup of the 41,-87 graticule will be held every Saturday at 4pm Central time.

  • The first Saturday meetup (05-24-2008): Happened! But only one person showed.
  • The meetup for (06-07-2008): Four of us drove down from the city. Nice little spot right off of the road. We were a few minutes late and did not see anyone else there. Pictures were taken but they remain on a cell phone that I do not have access to.
  • The meetup for (06-21-2008): Five people total showed up at the suggested alternate location, a beach near Uptown.
  • The meetup for (07-25-2009): One person showed up. Was in a residential neighborhood in the suburbs.
  • The meetup for Feb 16, 2013: zhukant and lrbrink90 stamped their feet on a freezing sidewalk then ate Subway sandwiches in their car in Oriole Park.
  • The meetup for Dec 14, 2013: nesbiteg walked through the fresh snow to a point just off the Lakefront Trail in Uptown.

Other Visits

If you visited a point on a date/time other than Saturday at 4:00 PM, put it here.

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