Filthy Beach Stuns Area Bathers
A summer beach in Chicago is littered with beer cans and whiskey bottles shocking parents. Residents question park officials about drinking rules and late night access while a lifeguard prevents a child from entering the water with a life preserver. Traffic chaos at 57th Street Outer Drive provokes calls for better policing and cloverleaf redesign.
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Park Commissioners
Chicago
63Rd St. Beach
Molotov
Judy Margolis
Asher Margolis
E. Madison Park
63Rd Street
Judy
Hyde Park
Jerald
Rubin Gol
Lake Front Playground Opens in Burnham Park Dedication
The 47th street lake front playground in Burnham Park will open with a 10 30 a m dedication on Thursday. August Rogers Hornsby will give a brief speech and Win Stracke will perform a dedication song. Local leaders and community figures join in the ceremony as balloons and treats are donated by the Kenwood Chamber of Commerce. Construction began in June and the site includes swings slides and outdoor basketball backboards with an athletic field area planned nearby featuring a baseball diamond softball diamonds a field hockey area and a football field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
47Th Street
Lake Front
Burnham Park
Hyde Park
Kenwood
Win Stracke
Uncle Win
William Albright
Chicago Park District
Leonard W. Sterling
Area I
South Side Parks
Jesse Owens
South Side
U.S
Despres Proposes Action on 57th Street Cloverleaf
Council member Leon Despres introduces a resolution asking Mayor Daley to report steps to secure cooperation among City of Chicago Chicago Park District Cook County and Illinois to build the 57th Street Outer Drive cloverleaf. Resolution referred to Traffic and Public Safety committee.
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Leon M. Despres
Daley
57Th St. Outer Drive
Council
Committee On
City of
Chicago
Chicago Park District
County of
Cook
State of
Illinois
57Th Street
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Herald
Robin Goldmar
63Rd Street Beach
Ierald
Rubin Goldman
Rogers Hornsby
Despres Acts
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