The Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day can mean only one thing in Chicago: a bright green river.
Emerald-hued crowds streamed downtown for the annual river-dyeing, the aquatic mid-March tradition that precedes the city’s St. Paddy’s parade.
Sun-Times photographer Pat Nabong takes you there:
A boat travels down the Chicago River as it is dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day festivities in the Loop, Saturday, March 11, 2023.
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People partake in St. Patrick’s Day festivities in the Loop, Saturday, March 11, 2023.
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A boat travels down the Chicago River as it is dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day festivities in the Loop, Saturday, March 11, 2023.
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A person walks along the Chicago River as it is dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day festivities in the Loop, Saturday, March 11, 2023.
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A boat travels down the Chicago River as it is dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day festivities in the Loop, Saturday, March 11, 2023.
Pat Nabong/Sun-Times