![]() ![]() ![]() The far north Rogers Park neighborhood contains a series of small "street-end" beaches that unlike most Chicago beaches are often separated by private property and therefore, unconnected to each other by public parkland. ![]() In 2013, Cisco, Everywhere Wireless and the Chicago Park District began Free Wi-Fi service at North Avenue Beach, Rainbow Beach, Montrose Beach, Foster Beach, and Kathy Osterman (formerly known as Hollywood Beach). Modern beaches are formed from a combination of sand deposited by lake current, and inland sand excavated from nearby sand-pits left by the last ice age, and occasionally sand dredged from the lake bottom. Continued popular support, led to the opening of several municipal beaches in the second decade of the 20th century. His belief that the public's access to the Lake left its impression on the development of Jackson, Burnham, Grant and Lincoln Parks. Recreational development on the city lakefront became a priority due to the influence of Aaron Montgomery Ward. The 1909 Burnham Plan led to development of the lakefront. Lake Michigan water quality concerns lead to the reversal of the Chicago river with deep cut of the Illinois & Michigan canal in 1871 and the construction of the Sanitary and Ship Canal at the start of the 20th century. By 1900 the lakefront was divided into zones of recreational, residential, agricultural and industrial uses. Spaces were designated for public use and the city accepted responsibility for maintaining the beaches. The city responded by opening the first public bathing beach in 1895 in Lincoln Park primarily as a response to the efforts of the Free Bath and Sanitary League (formerly the Municipal Order League). Proponents saw public beaches as an opportunity to accommodate demand for public baths and eliminate the expenditure of enforcement resources on ordinance violations for public bathing. Late 19th century city ordinances prohibited public bathing, but popular norms created demand for public beaches. Early beaches were generally funded by private entities such as hotels and private clubs, screened from the public. When Chicago began building piers and other structures into the lake, large sandy beaches formed generally to the north of a pier due to sand capture. Typically, Chicago beaches take the name of the east-west street that runs perpendicular to the lake at each beach's location.Ĭhicago's earliest sand beaches resulted naturally from capturing sand moved by the current south along the shoreline toward the Indiana Dunes, but these beaches were dynamic, shifted and eroded. In the parks, there are 24 sand beaches along the shores of freshwater Lake Michigan. Today, the entire 28 miles (45 km) Chicago lakefront shoreline is reclaimed land, and primarily used for public parks. The first City of Chicago Public Beach opened in Lincoln Park in 1895. By midcentury, much leisure shifted to Lake Michigan as a result of industrial influence. Leisure, such as fishing, swimming, hunting, walking and boating, was much more prevalent throughout the river sections of the waterfront system early in the 19th century before industrial uses altered the landscape. Historically, the waterfront has been used for commerce, industry, and leisure. The waterfront also includes the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the Sanitary and Ship Canal. The Chicago metropolitan waterfront includes parts of the Lake Michigan shores as well as parts of the banks of the Chicago, Des Plaines, Calumet, Fox, and DuPage Rivers and their tributaries. The beaches in Chicago are an extensive network of waterfront recreational areas operated by the Chicago Park District. ![]() 63rd Street beach house fountain (6300 S.) in Jackson Park ![]()
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