Climate Strike through time

Chicago 1968–2020 3 photos of this spot

3 photographs taken at the same spot in Chicago, spanning 1968–2020 — 1 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Demonstrators march through Chicago on August 10, 1968, in one of the anti-Vietnam War protests that preceded the turbulent Democratic National Convention held in the city later that month, a period of widespread civil unrest across the United States.

21 Anti-War march 1968 Demonstrators march through Chicago on August 10, 1968, in one of the anti-Vietnam War protests that preceded the turbulent Democratic National Convention held in the city later that month, a period of widespread civil unrest across the United States.

Climate Strike 2019 Demonstrators take part in a climate strike in Chicago, United States, in 2019, part of a wave of global protests that year calling for action on climate change.

Empty Jackson Street and Plymouth Court 2020 Jackson Street at its intersection with Plymouth Court in Chicago's Loop, photographed in 2020 with the sidewalks unusually empty, a scene consistent with the reduced foot traffic many downtown districts experienced that year.