City Scenes

Here are a few frosty photos I took from the lakefront today and the last one is a photo I took downtown a few days ago. A runner near the 47th Street Beach makes his way down the path Monday afternoon. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times

Hongjun Zeng of Naperville takes a photo of his son Bryan, 10, and daughter Claire, 7, along the frosty Lake Michigan Monday Afternoon near the 47th Street beach. They just finished a day at the Museum of Science and Industry. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times

Ice formations Monday afternoon near the 47th Street Beach. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times

A runner near the 47th Street Beach Monday afternoon. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times

Ice formations Monday afternoon near the 47th Street Beach. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times

There were a lot of people going in and out of Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab recently on Grand Avenue. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times