While it definitely isn’t beach weather yet, the Chicago Park District has announced the city’s lakefront, playgrounds and indoor pools will reopen after they closed nearly a year ago during initial COVID-19 shutdowns in the Spring 2020.

Frozen Chicago by Paul Sager, on Flickr


This set of images captured in RAW using an EOS 5DIII and EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM. The files were processed in Adobe Lightroom 6.

Frozen Lake Michigan


At the time of these images on Saturday Feb 20, 2021, Chicago had experienced 12 straight days with more than a foot of snow on the ground. On Monday we completed a two-week period that is the city’s longest run with more than a foot of snow since the winter of 1978-1979. The winter average in Chicago a 5-inch depth of snow.

Frozen Chicago


The Chicago Fire Department uses an icebreaker to plow through Chicago River keeping the river open during temps at 0F or below.

Marina Towers


The Christopher Wheatley is 95-feet long and reinforced with steel and concrete, making it heavy enough to turn up to a foot and a half of ice into a jigsaw puzzle. The CFD slices the ice from Lake Michigan to Wolf Point where the river splits north and south.

Frozen Chicago River


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