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Chicago has 31 lakefront beaches along Lake Michigan. These include: Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Official website: http://egov. ... 90 mile beach Australia A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, cobble, or even shell along the shoreline of a body of water. ... Sunset on Lake Michigan Another sunset along the lake. ...

  • 12th Street Beach
  • Rainbow Beach
  • South Shore Beach
  • 31st Street Beach
  • 57th Street Beach
  • 63rd Street Beach
  • Hatigan Beach
  • Oak Street Beach
  • North Avenue Beach
  • Montrose Beach
  • Foster Beach
  • Osterman (Hollywood) Beach
  • Rogers Avenue Beach
  • Pratt Boulevard Beach
  • Leone Beach
  • Juneway Terrace Beach
  • Jarvis Beach
  • North Shore Beach
  • Humbolt Beach

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Chicago, Illinois (5785 words)
On August 12, 1833, the Town of Chicago was incorporated as a town with a population of 350.
Chicago is considered to be one of the largest Democratic strongholds in the United States, as an example, the citizens of Chicago have not elected a Republican mayor since 1927 when William Thompson was voted into office.
Chicago then became one of the largest grain and lumber ports in the world with grain sent to more established populations and lumber being sent to the forest-starved prairies where new settlers needed to build.
Jazz Age Chicago -- Uptown Beaches (1732 words)
Clarendon Beach, the finest strip of sandy beach in the city, which was acquired by the Commission last year at a cost of $188,000, was kept open to the public, and a director and two lifeguards provided.
Chicago City Council authorizes the formation of a committee to investigate the feasibility of establishing public bathing beaches along the city's waterfront.
Clarendon Beach opens to the public as a municipal facility, despite the uncompleted state of the bathhouse, which was delayed by a carpenters' strike.
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