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Ask Geoffrey: 2/11

WTTW News | February 11, 2013, 9:00 am

Wouldn’t it be nice to have heated sidewalks and never have to shovel?  Geoffrey Baer tells us about some folks in Oak Park who had that luxury in the early 20th century on tonight’s Ask Geoffrey.

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