Commuters crossing Michigan Avenue just south of Lake Street
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Ice on Lake Michigan at Montrose Harbor, looking like a pond of frozen lily pads
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A view of Lake Shore Drive from Promontory Point
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A jet flies over Edgewater at Hollywood Avenue.
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The Pullman Factory
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View from the Signature Room in the John Hancock Center
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The snowy shore of the lakefront, seen from Promontory Point
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The basketball courts at Foster Beach
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Commuters on Michigan Avenue
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Wilson Beach, looking toward Evanston
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An abandoned mall on the South Side
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Millennium Park
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Wilson Beach
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Downtown, looking north
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Icy rocks on the lakefront
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Houses in Edgewater
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Nuevo Leon in Pilsen
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A restaurant window along Sheridan Road
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The historic Edgewater Beach Apartments
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The skyline from the Hancock tower
The 20 Most Beautiful Photos of Chicago This Winter
In early February, we sent the local photographer Carlos Javier Ortiz out into the cold to capture Chicago neighborhoods and street life. He came back with a stark portrait of a city that freezes over yet remains full of life.
