By 6 p.m., the snow in Hyde Park had been reduced to flurries.
-- Snow fell hard and fast for a while in the South Side's Hyde Park neighborhood Thursday afternoon, prompting some businesses to close early.
As CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reported, sidewalks were covered in snow at 53rd Street and Harper Avenue around 3 p.m. Accumulation really began to pick up around 1:20 to 1:40 p.m. Le Mignot measured half an inch of snow on the ground with her index finger around 3 p.m. An hour later, it was an inch. With conditions deteriorating and temperatures also plummeting fast, the Sweetgreen at 1500 E. 53rd St. decided to close early. All the staff were allowed to go home at 3 p.m.
"I noticed that the weather was coming down; the snow was coming down, and I didn't want my team to have to struggle to make it home, because most of my team takes the transportation and has to get on a bus and/or a ride – and I didn't want them to get stuck in the snow, so therefore, we're sending everyone home," said Hyde Park Sweetgreen manager Cheryl Drummond.
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