High above the sidewalk outside Chicago’s Ogilvie Transportation Center, a single orange traffic cone sits on a narrow concrete ledge, too high to reach, too random to explain, and too stubborn to fall. According to Google Street View imagery, the cone has occupied this exact spot since at least June 2011, quietly accumulating its own micro-legend over more than a decade.
While some may consider this just another easter egg in Chicago’s expansive downtown, others see this cone as a symbol of perseverance against the passage of time itself.