‘BORGS’ Invade Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, Leaving Streets Lined With Empty Jugs

Source block-club-chicago
Original Load Date March 15, 2026, 7 p.m.
Last Updated March 15, 2026, 7 p.m.
Original URL https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/15/borgs-invade-chicagos-st-patricks-day-celebration-leaving-streets-littered-and-residents-confused/

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DOWNTOWN — A new St. Paddy’s Day tradition has emerged in Chicago, and it left Downtown littered with empty plastic jugs piled up near trashcans and curbsides. Every year on the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day, thousands descend on Downtown in their best green attire for the [ dyeing of the Chica...