Here's how you can watch the Chicago River dyeing live as the Windy City kicks of St. Patrick's Day weekend celebrations.
Chicago is kicking off St. Patrick's Day weekend with the decades-old tradition of dyeing the Chicago River green. St. Patrick's Day falls on Sunday this year, but the Windy City is starting the celebrations early. The river dying begins at 10 a.m. west of Columbus Drive and east of Orleans Street. The downtown St. Patrick's Day Parade takes off at 12:15 p.m. at the corner of Balbo and Columbus drives.
The dye is harmless to wildlife and lasts for roughly five hours of selfie-snapping pleasure.It all began when Richard J. Daley was the mayor of Chicago, but the idea stemmed from the Plumbers Local Union. The green dye was initially used to identify how sewage was getting into the water. It helped show where there were leaky pipes. In festive spirit, the Plumbers Local Union decided to dump 100 pounds of dye in the river for St. Patrick's Day, and it lasted a week.
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