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St. Patrick's Day

If you are in Chicago around March 17th you are in for a real unique experience and it all depends on the location. Chicago has a lot of Irish pride. The southside of Chicago has a parade (famed), the Loop has a parade, Wrigleyville is full of younger people drinkin a bit too much, and Irish pubs all over the city are bursting with bagpipes and dancing. Although the one thing that is unique for Chicago is that we dye our beloved Chicago River green.

The Melas fountain on the river walk is really beautiful. It is a little bit hidden away, but the river walk is a really great way to see a different side of the city. The fountain doesn't have a lot of sentimental meaning or history, but the reason I am suggesting to see it is because if you are visiting on Saint Patrick's Day weekend this is the perfect spot to see the river!

The Chicago River has had it's troubles. It's been severely polluted over the many decades and there has been many acts to clean it up, and one of which was initiated by the Chicago mayor a little over 40 years ago to dye the river water to see where the waste and pollution was coming from....in doing so the river turned a beautiful Irish green. They found that if they added more dye then the whole river would turn that wonderful shade of green and would boost Chicago pride on March 17th each year. It is a silly but very unique event to witness. I do not know of such a thing in any other city and is a must of St. Patricks day in Chicago!
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