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Lincoln Square: All categories · 12:00–18:00 — Graffiti requests

All categories · 12:00–18:00

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 February 2020: ×4.27 → ÷1.02 per six months; 4.36× change between factors. Adjacent raw phase totals: 1,006 and 4,288. 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: 2019-01–2020-01suggested phase 2: 2020-02–2026-09Feb 2019: 19Mar 2019: 39Apr 2019: 42May 2019: 17Jun 2019: 172Jul 2019: 83Aug 2019: 151Sep 2019: 117Oct 2019: 54Nov 2019: 49Dec 2019: 86Jan 2020: 177Feb 2020: 70Mar 2020: 124Apr 2020: 54May 2020: 135Jun 2020: 111Jul 2020: 76Aug 2020: 81Sep 2020: 130Oct 2020: 45Nov 2020: 63Dec 2020: 192Jan 2021: 40Feb 2021: 3Mar 2021: 47Apr 2021: 84May 2021: 43Jun 2021: 56Jul 2021: 75Aug 2021: 57Sep 2021: 44Oct 2021: 59Nov 2021: 53Dec 2021: 31Jan 2022: 66Feb 2022: 23Mar 2022: 67Apr 2022: 31May 2022: 37Jun 2022: 44Jul 2022: 56Aug 2022: 73Sep 2022: 43Oct 2022: 28Nov 2022: 59Dec 2022: 46Jan 2023: 47Feb 2023: 36Mar 2023: 41Apr 2023: 35May 2023: 26Jun 2023: 29Jul 2023: 23Aug 2023: 28Sep 2023: 12Oct 2023: 27Nov 2023: 55Dec 2023: 23Jan 2024: 30Feb 2024: 24Mar 2024: 85Apr 2024: 46May 2024: 28Jun 2024: 41Jul 2024: 44Aug 2024: 49Sep 2024: 43Oct 2024: 41Nov 2024: 39Dec 2024: 77Jan 2025: 53Feb 2025: 60Mar 2025: 49Apr 2025: 51May 2025: 52Jun 2025: 63Jul 2025: 72Aug 2025: 46Sep 2025: 57Oct 2025: 77Nov 2025: 57Dec 2025: 45Jan 2026: 43Feb 2026: 47Mar 2026: 43Apr 2026: 55May 2026: 61Jun 2026: 36Jul 2026: 38Aug 2026: 40Sep 2026: 68ZeroUnknownJan 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–Jan 2020×4.27Fitted increase · 1 zero fitted as 1
  2. 2 · Feb 2020–Sep 2026÷1.02Direction uncertain

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Interpretation and limitations (13)
  • 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.
  • 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–January 202013×4.271.507–12.0810.126
2February 2020–September 202680÷1.020.9475–1.01100.232

Near-optimal boundary range: February 2020–January 2021.

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 202668complete
August 202640complete
July 202638complete
June 202636complete
May 202661complete
April 202655complete
March 202643complete
February 202647complete
January 202643complete
December 202545complete
November 202557complete
October 202577complete
September 202557complete
August 202546complete
July 202572complete
June 202563complete
May 202552complete
April 202551complete
March 202549complete
February 202560complete
January 202553complete
December 202477complete
November 202439complete
October 202441complete
September 202443complete
August 202449complete
July 202444complete
June 202441complete
May 202428complete
April 202446complete
March 202485complete
February 202424complete
January 202430complete
December 202323complete
November 202355complete
October 202327complete
September 202312complete
August 202328complete
July 202323complete
June 202329complete
May 202326complete
April 202335complete
March 202341complete
February 202336complete
January 202347complete
December 202246complete
November 202259complete
October 202228complete
September 202243complete
August 202273complete
July 202256complete
June 202244complete
May 202237complete
April 202231complete
March 202267complete
February 202223complete
January 202266complete
December 202131complete
November 202153complete
October 202159complete
September 202144complete
August 202157complete
July 202175complete
June 202156complete
May 202143complete
April 202184complete
March 202147complete
February 20213complete
January 202140complete
December 2020192complete
November 202063complete
October 202045complete
September 2020130complete
August 202081complete
July 202076complete
June 2020111complete
May 2020135complete
April 202054complete
March 2020124complete
February 202070complete
January 2020177complete
December 201986complete
November 201949complete
October 201954complete
September 2019117complete
August 2019151complete
July 201983complete
June 2019172complete
May 201917complete
April 201942complete
March 201939complete
February 201919complete
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-v2:4ef713ec8a6dba3971f8c3136aa3783f
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
bade772515f348e431b81443b0923ee1e41a2f07270a1d6c7741f2ad8bb8a9de

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