FILE - In this March 16, 2019 file photo, the Chicago River is dyed green for St. Patrick's Day in Chicago.
Chicago on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 joined the growing ranks of cities across the United States to cancel its Saturday St. Patrick's Day Parade amid concerns about the coronavirus.
The city will not be dyeing the river green either.
( James Foster/Chicago Sun-Times via AP File)CHICAGO ā The Chicago River was dyed a bright shade of green Saturday after Mayor Lori Lightfoot reversed an earlier decision not to tint the waterway for second year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Last year, Lightfoot abruptly canceled the cityās 2020 parades and the river dyeing just days before they were to take place in the early days of the pandemic.