City Scenes

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I haven’t been to Millennium Park in a while so I decided to go there today to see what was happening. Students, Alana Depanfilis visiting Chicago from the University of Florida at Tampa (left) and her friend Mariah Fuller visiting from the University of Florida at Gainesville take photos of themselves at The Bean Thursday evening at Millennium Park. Depanfilis said that she wanted to visit every baseball park in the United States and plans to go to Wrigley Field and U.S. Cellular Field during her visit and also they plan on going to a Bulls game. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times

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Eating some guasanas, Cynthia Toscano a student at DePaul waits at Millennium Park for her boyfriend who is a student at Roosevelt Thursday evening. She said she just got out of her class that was held at the Art Institute. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times

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Someone drew a happy face on some snow sliding very slowly down “The Bean” Thursday evening at Millennium Park. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times

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Dusk slowly darkens at “The Bean” Thursday evening at Millennium Park. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times

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Dusk slowly darkens at “The Bean” Thursday evening at Millennium Park. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times

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Rosalyn Lamsen of Chicago (left) and her boyfriend Andy Tith of San Francisco take photos of themselves at The Bean Thursday evening at Millennium Park. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times

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