Lest we forget, the start of spring in Chicago does not mean winter is over.

Fans headed to a Cubs game in 1959 are disappointed to hear that it’s been cancelled due to snow.

The LaSalle Street Station, 414 S LaSalle, 1872, Chicago.

Michigan Boulevard, 1965, Chicago. Millard Owen Sheets

Proposal for the Crane Tower on Randolph, east of Michigan Ave, 1929, Chicago.

The Ahlschlager designed building would have been (at the time) the world’s largest, with over 3.5 million square feet of office space.

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Helsing’s Time-In Vodvil Lounge, 4363 Broadway, 1970, Chicago. Wayne Sorce

This place had everything: bowling, burlesque, a bar, a sportswear shop and magic…

A 19 year old Halle Berry, when she had moved to Chicago to work as a model and take acting lessons, 1989, Chicago.

Training school, 1970, Chicago. Wayne Sorce

Chicago, 1963, Kenneth Josephson

Untitled, 1953, Chicago. Gordon Parks

The Crib, 1866, Chicago. Jevne and Almini

Howard and Paulina from the L platform, 1977, Chicago

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Clark and Madison, 1957, Chicago.

So many places in this block: The Blue Note, The Clark Theater, Bamboo Inn and Wimpy’s

The Ferris Wheel from the Columbian Exposition after it had been moved to Clark and Diversey in Lake View, 1895, Chicago.

Standing east of Michigan Ave, looking north from just south of Randolph, 1860, Chicago

State Street, 1977, Chicago.

Saturday Night Fever at the Chicago Theater and Which Way is Up at the State and Lake