Picture Chicago: 15 can't-miss Sun-Times photos from the first week of September
Interior of the renovations of the Music Box Theatre at 3733 N. Southport Ave., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. The air/heat vents featured below the seating area are often the repository for “lost” phones, keys and more. | Peyton Reich/Sun-Times
The Lee family joined by friends and family sing ‘Barbie Girl’ by Aqua wile sitting inside a luxury SUV that will be taking them to the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever game, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024.
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Sausages are for sale during Taste of Polonia at the Copernicus Center in the Jefferson Park neighborhood, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024.
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Shoppers browse and grab items at the renovated Save A Lot at 420 S. Pulaski Rd in West Garfield Park, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
Tall and heavy black metal fencing sits along a former homeless encampment between the 1100 block of South Desplaines Street and the Dan Ryan Expressway, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration spent $814,000 on the giant fence as part of an effort to shut down one of the city’s largest and most visible homeless encampments ahead of the Democratic National Convention, City Hall records show. | Peyton Reich/Sun-Times
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs at Wrigley Field during their Dark Matter World Tour, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024.
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The Forest Park Transit Center at 711 Des Plaines Ave in Forest Park, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. Four people were shot and killed at the station while waiting on the train, a suspect is in custody. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
Squad cars of Elmwood Park police, Berwyn police and Cicero police are parked in the parking lot of the Forest Park Blue Line train station in Forest Park, Ill., after four people were fatally shot on the train early Monday, Sept. 2, 2024.
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Shoppers browse and grab items at the renovated Save A Lot at 420 S. Pulaski Rd. in West Garfield Park, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
Volunteers with Al Hub Chicago paint a piece of plywood that covers a broken window at Nabala Cafe in Uptown. The owner of the Palestinian-themed cafe reported a window displaying a Palestinian flag was smashed overnight Sunday.
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Customers shop at the newly-opened Foxtrot at 23 W. Maple St. in the Gold Coast, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. | Peyton Reich/Sun-Times
Riordan performs during ARC Music Festival at Union Park in the Near West Side, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024.
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Travelers make their way through the terminal at O’hare International Airport, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. O’Hare was expecting its busiest Labor Day travel period in history, with an estimated 1.44 million passengers from Thursday to Tuesday, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation.
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