Bogdan Pawlak clears snow from a walkway between two buildings on the 3000 block of N. Oakley Ave. last month. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
A snow plow truck salts the road as two women walk to their car on the 2200 block of W. Homer St. Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
Streets and Sanitation workers Dexter Wade (front) and Adrienne Greer haul away trash in an alley behind the 2200 block of W. McClean Ave. Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
A snow-painted happy face awaits homebound Loop workers as they walk across the Kinzie Street bridge, Thursday, January 12, 2012 | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
A group of children walk to Lincoln Park Zoo in the snow Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
A man salts the sidewalk near Lake and Clark street in Chicago. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
Tracy Allen of Chicago trudges through a snow and slush covered Michigan Avenue. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
A man uses an umbrella to dodge snowflakes in Millennium Park in Chicago. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
People make their way to lunch in downtown Elgin as the Chicago area gets it's first snowfall of new year on January 12, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
A woman and two children walk past a sculpture outside the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon Dr., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
A man crosses a puddle in Chicago near Clark and Lake. . | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
The snow-covered sculpture of Robert Morris, George Washington, and Hyam Solomon stands along Wacker Drive. Thursday, January 12, 2012 | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
Footprints from geese and ducks are seen on the pavement as a mallard walks past outside the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon Dr., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
Geese, ducks and pigeons eat beird feed outside the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon Dr., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
A loop worker heads home along a cold snowy Wacker Drive Thursday, January 12, 2012 | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
New snow covers picnic tables at the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Thursday, January 12, 2012 | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
New evening snow blankets the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park along Wacker Drive. Thursday, January 12, 2012 | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
New evening snow covers evergreens along Wacker Drive. Thursday, January 12, 2012 | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
Chicago Streets and Sanitation plows work along Wacker Drive Thursday, January 12, 2012 | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
Snow plows were out on Lake Shore Drive near Sheridan Road during a heavy snow fall Thursday January 12, 2012. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times
New evening snow makes a winter wonderland along Wolf Point. Thursday, January 12, 2012 | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
Hector Vallejo, left, and Octavio Gaona clear snow in front of a business in downtown Elgin. Vallejo said today's snowfall was better than Christmas, because now he gets to work. The Chicago area gets it's first snowfall of new year on January 12, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
New evening snow covers the parking ramp leading into Wolf Point. Thursday, January 12, 2012 | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
A loop worker walks across a snow-covered Kinzie Street bridge. Thursday, January 12, 2012 | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
A woman walls her bicycle through the intersection of Chicago Avenue and Dempster Street in Evanston during a heavy snow fall Thursday January 12, 2012. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times
Octavio Gaona, left, and Hector Vallejo clear snow in front of a business in downtown Elgin. Vallejo said today's snowfall was better than Christmas, because now he gets to work. The Chicago area gets it's first snowfall of new year on January 12, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
Foot prints in the snow along Kinzie street Thursday, January 12, 2012 | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
Loop office workers head home along a snow covered Wacker Drive. Thursday, January 12, 2012 | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
A man walks outside the Nichols Library in Naperville as snow starts to fall Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Lone foot prints are all that's left on the steps that lead down to the River Walk along Wacker Drive. Thursday, January 12, 2012 | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
Three snow plows sit at 3900 S. on Lake Shore Drive as Chicago is getting its first major snow storm of the year with 4-8 inches of snow expected. Thursday, January 12, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Snow plows were out on Lake Shore Drive near Sheridan Road during a heavy snow fall Thursday January 12, 2012. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times
A delivery man waits for traffic to clear to continue his rounds on Dempster Street in Evanston during a heavy snow fall Thursday January 12, 2012. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times
A man uses his umbrella to provide shelter while crossing Howard Street on the Evanston-Chicago border during Thursday's heavy snow fall Thursday. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times
A woman uses a glove to clear off her windows on Washington st. in Naperville as snow starts to fall Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
A school bus picks up a passenger outside the Nichols Library in Naperville as snow starts to fall Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
A postal worker makes his rounds in downtown Elgin as the Chicago area gets it's first snowfall of new year on January 12, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
Snow covers trees Jan. 12 as the Chicago area receives its first major snowstorm of the year. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
A bundled-up woman crosses Jefferson Ave. on Washington St. in Naperville as snow starts to fall Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Heidi Lawton of Morris, Il, shops on Jefferson Ave. in Naperville as snow starts to fall Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
A bicyclist makes his way through the first snowfall on Jackson Ave. near the Naperville Riverwalk as snow starts to fall Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Farouk Derradji, who moved from his home in Algeria just two months ago, uses an umbrella as he walks along a snow-covered Chicago Street sidewalk in Elgin on his way to the bank. The Chicago area gets it's first snowfall of new year on January 12, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
Farouk Derradji, who moved from his home in Algeria just two months ago, uses an umbrella as he walks along a snow-covered Chicago Street sidewalk in Elgin on his way to the bank. The Chicago area gets it's first snowfall of new year on January 12, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
Naperville city employees move into position to spread salt on Jackson Ave. as snow starts to fall Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
A car navigates a snowy Plainfield/Naperville Rd. in Naperville as snow starts to fall Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Samisha Jackson, 21, clears snow from her car in Elgin so she could get to work. The Chicago area gets it's first snowfall of new year on January 12, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
A snow plow goes down Lake Shore Drive as Chicago is getting its first major snow storm of the year with 4-8 inches of snow expected. Thursday, January 12, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Tracy Allen of Chicago trudges through a snow and slush covered Michigan Avenue. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
Samisha Jackson, 21, clears snow from her car in Elgin so she could get to work. The Chicago area gets it's first snowfall of new year on January 12, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
A man uses an umbrella to dodge snowflakes in Millennium Park in Chicago. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
With the Chicago area getting its first major snow storm of the year with 4 to 8 inches of snow, some have already shoveled their sidewalks. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times Media
Pedestrians cross State street in the snowstorn in Chicago. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
Snow started Thursday morning and continued into the afternoon in Chicago. A man walks Michigan avenue near Congress in the snowstorm. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
Pedestrians cross State street in the snowstorn in Chicago. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
The Weather Channel's Meterologist Mike Bettes and cameraman Gabe Hatfield do live shots from the lakefront as Chicago is getting its first major snow storm of the year with 4-8 inches of snow expected. Thursday, January 12, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Bill Anderson, Roselle, fights the blowing snow while cleaning off his windshield while waiting for his wife at the outpatient Alexian Rehabilitation facility in Elk Grove Village, January 12, 2012. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times
Snow covers the grass as Chicago is getting its first major snow storm of the year with 4-8 inches of snow expected. Thursday, January 12, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Torrey Loggins shovels snow from the skating ring at the Midway Plaisance as Chicago last month. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Salt truck heads out on State Street near Lake St in the snow on Thursday. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
Hot new Chvrolet Camaros wait for prospective buyers while sitting out in front of Hoskins Chevrolet covered with Chicago's first real snowfall. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times
City snow plow trucks drive in formation on northbound Lake Shore Drive Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
City snow plow trucks drive in formation on northbound Lake Shore Drive Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
A city snow plow truck spreads salt on W. Hubbard St. Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
Patrick Jacobs clears snow from his car windshield on Cannon Dr. before heading to work Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
A city snow plow truck heads south on Lake Shore Drive Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
A woman walks across the Midway as Chicago is getting its first major snow storm of the year with 4-8 inches of snow expected. Thursday, January 12, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
A dog named Pop Pop watches geese and ducks enter a pond outside the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon Dr., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
A pedestrian shields herself from the falling snow with an umbrella on W. Diversey Pkwy Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
A piece of art depicting a reindeer is placed outside a pet supply store on W. Diversey Pkwy Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
Michael Brownell clears snow from his car on N. Wilton Ave. before heading to work Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
Valerie Hart shields her face from the falling snow with a newspaper while walking to her college class on W. Diversey Pkwy Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
A man rides his bicycle down Woodlawn at 59th as Chicago is getting its first major snow storm of the year with 4-8 inches of snow expected. Thursday, January 12, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
A man leeps across a puddle for a cab near Lake and Clark street in Chicago. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
Martha Sanchez pushes a stroller along the Midway Plaisance as Chicago is getting its first major snow storm of the year with 4-8 inches of snow expected. Thursday, January 12, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Pedestrians use umbrellas in the wet snowfall in Chicago near Clark and Lake. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
A man uses an umbrella to dodge snowflakes in Millennium Park in Chicago. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
A man takes a cell phone photo of Chicago during its first major snow storm of the year with 4-8 inches of snow expected. Thursday, January 12, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Michael Brownell clears snow from his car on N. Wilton Ave. before heading to work Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
Patrick Jacobs clears snow from his car on Cannon Dr. before heading to work Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
A man clears snow from the sidewalk on the 2000 block of N. Oakley Ave. Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
Parked cars are covered in snow on the 2100 block of W. McClean Ave. Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
Snow covers the ladders atop a heating and cooling repair truck parked on the 3000 block of N. Oakley Ave. Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
Slippery conditions persist after first snowfall slaps area
It was more of a slap than the winter “punch” some predicted, but the first major snowstorm of the season promised icy, treacherous roads Friday morning. “The public needs to be aware that even though it has stopped snowing, slippery conditions will persist,” said Guy Tridgell, a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Transportation. … Read More