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Armour Square: All categories · 06:00–12:00 — Graffiti requests

All categories · 06:00–12:00

City source retrieved November 6, 2026 · scan evaluated November 9, 2026 · celeration turn

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Celeration turns: changes between fitted phases

A factor describes a standardized six-month multiplier, not a count. These turns passed the scan’s volume and magnitude gates; phase selection remains exploratory.

  • Suggested boundary January 2020: ×5.53 → ÷1.03 per six months; 5.71× change between factors. Adjacent raw phase totals: 199 and 2,198. The fitted slope signs reverse.

Saved observations and fitted phases

Suggested 2-phase description — exploratory, not confirmed.

Fixed six-log-cycle frame · 120 calendar months · factors per six months. Raw zeros stay zero; confirmed zeros become one only for log-space fitting and diagnostics. Missing coverage remains unavailable.

Monthly graffiti removal requests on a standard celeration chartCity of Chicago published records. Fixed six-decade count scale, 120 calendar months, celeration per 6 months. Zero markers are unconnected below the plot. Exact counts and coverage are available in the data table. Analyze: suggested. Suggested 2-phase description — exploratory, not confirmed. See the phase results table for dates, factors and uncertainty.1510501005001,0005,00010,00050,000100,000500,0001,000,000Requests per monthsuggested phase 1: 2019-01–2019-12suggested phase 2: 2020-01–2026-09Feb 2019: 1Mar 2019: 9Apr 2019: 6May 2019: 13Jun 2019: 14Jul 2019: 27Aug 2019: 24Sep 2019: 17Oct 2019: 41Nov 2019: 23Dec 2019: 24Jan 2020: 33Feb 2020: 38Mar 2020: 18Apr 2020: 21May 2020: 22Jun 2020: 17Jul 2020: 41Aug 2020: 17Sep 2020: 29Oct 2020: 17Nov 2020: 32Dec 2020: 84Jan 2021: 22Feb 2021: 17Mar 2021: 21Apr 2021: 56May 2021: 41Jun 2021: 32Jul 2021: 60Aug 2021: 36Sep 2021: 19Oct 2021: 38Nov 2021: 37Dec 2021: 22Jan 2022: 6Feb 2022: 7Mar 2022: 34Apr 2022: 31May 2022: 17Jun 2022: 16Jul 2022: 16Aug 2022: 47Sep 2022: 17Oct 2022: 18Nov 2022: 56Dec 2022: 26Jan 2023: 30Feb 2023: 19Mar 2023: 69Apr 2023: 25May 2023: 20Jun 2023: 23Jul 2023: 21Aug 2023: 31Sep 2023: 15Oct 2023: 20Nov 2023: 60Dec 2023: 20Jan 2024: 14Feb 2024: 35Mar 2024: 32Apr 2024: 21May 2024: 36Jun 2024: 50Jul 2024: 36Aug 2024: 21Sep 2024: 20Oct 2024: 27Nov 2024: 12Dec 2024: 11Jan 2025: 21Feb 2025: 23Mar 2025: 22Apr 2025: 12May 2025: 20Jun 2025: 52Jul 2025: 22Aug 2025: 23Sep 2025: 22Oct 2025: 39Nov 2025: 5Dec 2025: 4Jan 2026: 6Feb 2026: 24Mar 2026: 20Apr 2026: 25May 2026: 38Jun 2026: 27Jul 2026: 24Aug 2026: 30Sep 2026: 10ZeroUnknownJan 2019: zero requests; not connected?Oct 2016: missing?Nov 2016: missing?Dec 2016: missing?Jan 2017: missing?Feb 2017: missing?Mar 2017: missing?Apr 2017: missing?May 2017: missing?Jun 2017: missing?Jul 2017: missing?Aug 2017: missing?Sep 2017: missing?Oct 2017: missing?Nov 2017: missing?Dec 2017: missing?Jan 2018: missing?Feb 2018: missing?Mar 2018: missing?Apr 2018: missing?May 2018: missing?Jun 2018: missing?Jul 2018: missing?Aug 2018: missing?Sep 2018: missing?Oct 2018: missing?Nov 2018: missing?Dec 2018: missingOct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Oct 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026Calendar months

Suggested phases · exploratory · per six months

  1. 1 · Jan 2019–Dec 2019×5.53Fitted increase · 1 zero fitted as 1
  2. 2 · Jan 2020–Sep 2026÷1.03Direction uncertain

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Interpretation and limitations (14)
  • Exploratory description, not a forecast, causal explanation or proof of a change.
  • Approximate 95% factor intervals assume independent, constant-variance log residuals and fixed boundaries. They do not account for boundary search, serial dependence or source revisions.
  • Confirmed zeros are treated as 1 only for fitting and its diagnostics. Raw counts stay zero; low-count results depend on this convention.
  • Independent phase lines may jump at boundaries. Every observation belongs to exactly one phase.
  • Reporting, classifications and seasonality can change. Counts are not population-adjusted; a level shift without a slope change is not the target of this search.
  • Uses dated last-good cached data, not newly verified source counts.
  • 1 confirmed zero fitted as 1; raw counts remain zero. Low-count trends are sensitive to this adjustment.
  • Boundary ranges show near-optimal models within 2 BIC units, not confidence intervals. They can be narrow even when the model is uncertain.
  • A phase is at the minimum allowed length; its boundary may be sensitive to that search limit.
  • At least one factor interval includes 1; its direction is uncertain under this approximation.
  • 311 status is its value at retrieval, not at request creation. Newer cohorts have had less time to close; Open/Canceled comparisons can reflect workflow or cohort age rather than changing request volume.
  • Current-system 311 coverage starts in 2019. Early phases may reflect adoption/reporting ramp-up; request counts are not completed work or incident prevalence.
  • Many dependent filter conditions were searched. No multiple-testing-adjusted significance or causal attribution is claimed.
  • Frequency compares fixed equal-length windows of raw counts, not population risk or a celeration-factor ratio. Reporting, classifications and exposure may have changed.
Phase diagnostics

Intervals assume fixed boundaries and independent log residuals. They are not adjusted for the phase or filter search. Near-optimal boundary ranges are not confidence intervals.

Saved phase results
PhaseStart–endMonthsFactor / six monthsConditional 95% intervalZeros fitted as 1Lag-one residual
1January 2019–December 201912×5.532.534–12.0610.219
2January 2020–September 202681÷1.030.9372–1.00000.230

Near-optimal boundary range: January 2020–March 2020.

Exact monthly observations (120 slots)

Newest first. Unknown coverage is not a zero. These are the original saved observations, not fitted or rounded predictions.

Raw monthly requests
MonthRaw countCoverage
September 202610complete
August 202630complete
July 202624complete
June 202627complete
May 202638complete
April 202625complete
March 202620complete
February 202624complete
January 20266complete
December 20254complete
November 20255complete
October 202539complete
September 202522complete
August 202523complete
July 202522complete
June 202552complete
May 202520complete
April 202512complete
March 202522complete
February 202523complete
January 202521complete
December 202411complete
November 202412complete
October 202427complete
September 202420complete
August 202421complete
July 202436complete
June 202450complete
May 202436complete
April 202421complete
March 202432complete
February 202435complete
January 202414complete
December 202320complete
November 202360complete
October 202320complete
September 202315complete
August 202331complete
July 202321complete
June 202323complete
May 202320complete
April 202325complete
March 202369complete
February 202319complete
January 202330complete
December 202226complete
November 202256complete
October 202218complete
September 202217complete
August 202247complete
July 202216complete
June 202216complete
May 202217complete
April 202231complete
March 202234complete
February 20227complete
January 20226complete
December 202122complete
November 202137complete
October 202138complete
September 202119complete
August 202136complete
July 202160complete
June 202132complete
May 202141complete
April 202156complete
March 202121complete
February 202117complete
January 202122complete
December 202084complete
November 202032complete
October 202017complete
September 202029complete
August 202017complete
July 202041complete
June 202017complete
May 202022complete
April 202021complete
March 202018complete
February 202038complete
January 202033complete
December 201924complete
November 201923complete
October 201941complete
September 201917complete
August 201924complete
July 201927complete
June 201914complete
May 201913complete
April 20196complete
March 20199complete
February 20191complete
January 20190complete
December 2018Unavailablemissing
November 2018Unavailablemissing
October 2018Unavailablemissing
September 2018Unavailablemissing
August 2018Unavailablemissing
July 2018Unavailablemissing
June 2018Unavailablemissing
May 2018Unavailablemissing
April 2018Unavailablemissing
March 2018Unavailablemissing
February 2018Unavailablemissing
January 2018Unavailablemissing
December 2017Unavailablemissing
November 2017Unavailablemissing
October 2017Unavailablemissing
September 2017Unavailablemissing
August 2017Unavailablemissing
July 2017Unavailablemissing
June 2017Unavailablemissing
May 2017Unavailablemissing
April 2017Unavailablemissing
March 2017Unavailablemissing
February 2017Unavailablemissing
January 2017Unavailablemissing
December 2016Unavailablemissing
November 2016Unavailablemissing
October 2016Unavailablemissing
Source and reproducibility
Publisher dataset
311 Service Requests · City of Chicago
Source retrieved
2026-11-06T12:10:53.153Z
Publisher update
2026-11-06T11:22:56.000Z
Covered months
January 2019–September 2026
Source note
Source v6vf-nfxy. Joint day/category/hour/applicable-flag/ward/status counts; no addresses, coordinates or incident identifiers. Each year's cells reconcile with an independent source total. Reads are not an atomic publisher snapshot. Current 311 system only, legacy_record=false; includes duplicate requests, not completed work. Status is as currently published, grouped by creation date—not historical status or completion date. Prepared daily community-area snapshot; scheduled rebuild at 06:00 America/Chicago. Full supported history is rechecked for corrections. Retrieval timestamps are preserved; this is not a real-time feed. Local indexed neighborhood snapshot. Totals are for the loaded area before other filters, not citywide totals. Citywide and unassigned-area views use a separate network-backed scope.
Snapshot
daily-v1:f761b44d-f9db-4d57-b536-48aea9b60f93:neighborhood-v2:f966a6b9753865eedc303aa22ef0bc56
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
5eecc8db6a81ace3b0f0c93ffd304b85d4a45c1c55c8eb58aa353f782ef059ac

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