A bright red neon light on State Street illuminates pedestrians in the rain on Friday, March 15, 2013. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times

Tourist take pictures of their friends at Millennium Park on Thursday, March 14, 2013. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times

A J Patty, from St. Joseph High School in Westchester, shoots a basket on the Big Ten Hoops Fest Court set up in Daley Plaza on Friday, March 15, 2013. | Photo by Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times

A woman talks on her cell phone while walking in front of the Civic Opera House onThursday, March 14, 2013. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times

Bridges crossing the Chicago River are State, Dearborn, Clark and La Salle. Thursday, March 14, 2013. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times

Every photographer can use a good assistant when trying to get a better angle of Daley Plaza, especially in the rain on Friday, March 15, 2013. | Photo by Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times

A brick-lined alley that adjoins State and Dearborn just a little south of Lake Street accommodates pedestrians in the rain on Friday, March 15, 2013. | Photo by Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times

Frank Rico, a City of Chicago employee, uses his lunch break to photograph a McDonald's Shamrock Shake in front of the Daley Plaza fountain spraying green water in the spirit of St. Patrick's Day on Friday, March 15, 2013. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times

A J Patty, from St. Joseph High School in Westchester, shoots a basket on the Big Ten Hoops Fest court set up in Daley Plaza on Friday, March 15, 2013. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times

Fountain jets spray green-dyed water as Daley Plaza continues it's annual tradition celebrating St. Patrick's Day on Friday, March 15, 2013. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times

A man passes in front of a window display at Syd Jerome along Madison Street on Thursday, March 14, 2013. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times

With a guitar hanging off his back, a man waits to cross Wacker Drive on Thursday, March 14, 2013. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times