Robin Manthie of Chicago (left) and her sister Elana Karkowski of Albuquerque, New Mexico take various selfies of themselves Wednesday morning on Michigan Avenue. They were heading over to do some skating at the ice skating ribbon at Maggie Daley Park after working out at Hard Pressed. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times
Robin Manthie of Chicago (left) and her sister Elana Karkowski of Albuquerque, New Mexico take various selfies of themselves Wednesday morning on Michigan Avenue. They were heading over to do some skating at the ice skating ribbon at Maggie Daley Park after working out at Hard Pressed. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times
Steam comes of the Chicago River next to Halsted Street Wednesday morning. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times
Braving the cold, Ethan Aquirre, 10, of Schaumburg walks down Michigan Avenue Wednesday afternoon with his parents Joe and Suzelle following nearby as they were going shopping and planed on celebrating the New Year in downtown Chicago. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times
Stacey Juthapan (left) and Brielle Hackman, both of Chicago, walk back to work after their lunch break Wednesday afternoon. Juthapan said, “I’m from the Southwest. This is horrible.” as they expressed their dislike of the cold weather. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times
