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Images: Looking Back at The Blizzard of 2011

  A car is buried on a residential street in Elgin Wednesday, Feb. 2. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Pedestrians walk Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 1 in downtown Arlington Heights. Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
  Snow piles at the front door of the Elgin Tower Building on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Hundreds of cars are seen stranded on Lake Shore Drive Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city’s showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day. ASSOCIATED PRESS
  People snowtube in a farm field near Lees Road and Route 47 in Lily Lake on Wednesday, Feb. 2. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  A commuter walks down the platform at the Libertyville Metra station Tuesday, Feb. 1. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Drivers maneuver around abandoned cars in the southbound lanes of Kirk Road in St. Charles. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  An IDOT truck plows southbound on Route 47 past another IDOT truck in Lily Lake on Wednesday morning, Feb. 2. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Buffalo Grove Police dig out vehicles on Wednesday, Feb. 2. Bob Susnjara/bsusnjara@dailyherald.com
  Blinding snow moves through downtown Elgin looking East on Chicago street on Wednesday, Feb. 2. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Snow accumulates in a pickup truck that was stranded and left open on Lake Shore Drive, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city’s showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day. ASSOCIATED PRESS
  Frank Rizzo, left, and Bill Weigold clear Austin Avenue in Libertyville with neighbors on Wednesday, Feb. 2. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Snow accumulates in a pickup truck that was stranded and left open on Lake Shore Drive, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city’s showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day. ASSOCIATED PRESS
  Plows dig out as a pedestrian makes his way through the blizzard in Aurora on Wednesday morning, Feb. 2. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  This view reveals downtown Des Plaines following the blizzard on Wednesday, Feb. 2. JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  An abandoned cars rests in the southbound lanes of Kirk Road in Geneva. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Anthony Abernath, 18, of Batavia takes a jump at Fabyan Windmill Forest Preserve sledding hill in Batavia. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Mark Hamlen of Palatine is a bit frosted as he uses his snowblower to clear out his driveway. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Commuters cross Dunton Avenue after catching early trains from downtown Chicago as the blizzard begins Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 1 in Arlington Heights. Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
  This view is looking west on Highland Avenue toward the post office after the blizzard on Wednesday, Feb. 2. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  Four-foot drifts block garage doors in St. Charles early Wednesday, Feb. 2. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Snow is plastered to the sides of homes after the blizzard. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  A pedestrian walks through downtown Libertyville as a Blizzard hit the area Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 1. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Juan Gonzalez continues to cut paths to stores Thursday, Feb. 3 on Highland Avenue and Campbell Street after the blizzard. Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
  Kyle Walter,13, left, helps his friend Steven Tellano, 12, dig out the end his driveway on Wilke Road Thursday Feb. 3. Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
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