Photos: Chicagoans Try To Beat Thursday's 100 Degree Heat Index

By Chicagoist_Guest in News on Aug 12, 2016 5:27PM

Young girl getting dragged back to shore by her dog at Ohio Street Beach.

Good Humor ice cream vendor waits for customers at Ohio Street Beach.

Antonio Vazquez, 21, shaving ice to make a fruit flavored ice drink. Vazquez operates a Raspados stand on Cermak and Hoyne in Pilsen.

Couple ice skates around in Navy Piers outdoor ice skating rink called Skate by the Lake.

Children crowd around water that spits out by the towers in Crown Fountain in Millennium Park.

Teenaged man lifts they hydrant to spray neighborhood kids on Cullerton Street near Damen in Pilsen.

Mario Vidal, 22, enjoying an orange flavored shaved ice drink in Pilsen.

Man sits on a bench in the Art Institute's South Garden with a large Big Gulp from 7/11.

Young girl uses a blue seal toy to stabilize herself while she skates around at Navy Piers outdoor ice skating rink.

Steve Mandez and his dog Sharkie cool off on an open fire hydrant on Cullerton Street near Damen in Pilsen.

Young girl uses a bucket to collect water from an open hydrant to use to fill up a children's pool.

Teenaged girl splashes her neighbor with a bucket of water.

Neighborhood teens dance around in a water stream from a fire hydrant that been "lifted"

Student studies at one of the tree planters in the Art Institute's South Garden.

Young girl walks through a shower of water near the south tower of Crown Fountain in Millennium Park.

Young boy shuffles his feet to splash water around in Crown Fountain in Millennium Park.

Children play around a whale tail that sprays water at the Watering Hole in Maggie Daley Park.

Steve Mandez "lifts the hydrant" where he uses his hands to cup the running water to spread the water farther.

Young boys stand around smacking the water coming out of a water installment at the Watering Hole in Maggie Daley Park.

Young boy covers his ears as a jet of water at Navy Piers Polk Brothers Fountain and Plaza sprays him.

Children stand under the showering water from the north tower of Crown Fountain in Millennium Park.

Two young boys sit in the middle of Crown Fountain splashing water at one another.

Swimmer swims in a swimming lane that connects North Avenue Beach and Ohio Street Beach.

Young girl runs her fingers through her hair as water rains down from water jets at Navy Piers Polk Brothers Fountain.

Young boy gets splashed in the face and head by a jet of water at Navy Piers Polk Brothers Fountain.

Man cools off his dog in Lake Michigan at Ohio Street Beach.

Boy cups jets of water coming up from Navy Piers Polk Brothers Fountain.

Boy dances around as water rains down from water jets at Navy Piers Polk Brothers Fountain.

By Tyler LaRiviere/Chicagoist

As Thursday's heat index soared past 100 degrees, Chicagoans took the opportunity to enjoy the fleeting days of summer while battling the weather.

Hundreds flocked to North Avenue Beach, Navy Pier's first ever outdoor ice skating rink, and Millennium Park. Meanwhile, some Southwest Side residents tried to cool off in high-powered sprays of water from freshly opened fire hydrants, while others enjoyed local Latinx street food, such as fresh-cut fruit and chili powder and fruit-flavored shaved ice. Photographer Tyler LaRiviere was around town to captures some photos of the city's struggle to keep from melting Thursday afternoon.

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