Automobiles on Lake Shore Drive pour back into the city after a holiday weekend on July 6, 1947. This photo was taken at 7:30pm from the North Avenue bridge. From the 1940s to the ’70s ...

Automobiles on Lake Shore Drive pour back into the city after a holiday weekend on July 6, 1947. This photo was taken at 7:30 p.m. from the North Avenue Bridge. From the 1940s to the ’70s ...

Lake Shore Drive remained closed Wednesday afternoon ... to stranded motorists as quickly as possible, but winds of 60 to 70 mph and snow falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour made that ...

but winds of 60 to 70 mph and snow falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour made that extremely difficult. The city shut down Lake Shore Drive, for the first time since the Blizzard of 1999.