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	Chicago, Illinois
		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.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chicago__illinois.html (5785 words)

	Jazz Age Chicago -- Uptown Beaches
		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.
	chicago.urban-history.org /sites/parks/c_beach0.htm (1732 words)

	Online Extra @ National Geographic Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fortunately—at the convergence of the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the south and west forks of the South Branch—the current was strong enough to carry the raw sewage away from the city and Lake Michigan, curtailing a marked rise in contamination and disease.
		To prevent Chicago's diversion of water from lowering the level of Lake Michigan, locks were installed on the waterfront to control the outflow.
		Chicago's sewer system was designed to hold two billion gallons (eight billion liters) of wastewater per day, but a single rainstorm in the 1950s could produce five billion gallons (19 billion liters) of runoff.
	magma.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0209/feature2/online_extra.html (643 words)

	Fewer lifeguards to staff city beaches
		Chicago Park District officials say public safety is not at risk but some guards, who make $10.87 an hour, are grumbling about fewer sets of eyes.
		Beaches also have on-site supervisors who serve as guards, said McDonough, who spent more than 20 years as a Chicago lifeguard before assuming her current post.
		One source familiar with beach staffing levels said that some returning guards who showed up at a May testing event at Whitney Young High School were told they would have to return later in the month to take the test.
	www.suntimes.com /output/news/cst-nws-lifeguards22.html (756 words)

	Chicago Shoreline
		The beaches and sand dunes associated with this lake left ridges that kept water from flowing east into the lake.
		The original shoreline of Chicago is unrecognizable today under the skyscrapers, museums and parks that have been constructed on the 5.5 square miles of landfill created since the 1800’s (see Figure, Chrzastowski,1998).
		Because the Chicago River was not a swift moving stream and was often clogged at its mouth by sand, the waste did not flow out into the lake as the residents had hoped.
	jove.geol.niu.edu /faculty/fischer/429_info/429trips/NIF/Chicago_Shoreline.html (1574 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / Wisconsin sewage draws ire in Chicago
		CHICAGO -- Drenched by heavy spring rains, Milwaukee has dumped nearly 5 billion gallons of storm water and raw sewage into Lake Michigan, angering leaders in Chicago who blasted their northern neighbor for being a poor steward of the great lake and contributing to dozens of swimming bans along the Illinois shoreline.
		Lake Michigan currents flow south, but Milwaukee officials say Chicago officials have no proof that the beach closings were the fault of the Wisconsin city's sewer system.
		Beach closures or swimming bans are tied to high levels of E. coli, created mostly by human and animal waste.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/07/02/wisconsin_sewage_draws_ire_in_chicago (550 words)

	Chicago Park District: Swim Report
		For those beach guests with strollers or in wheelchairs, the Chicago Park District has equipped its beaches with a hard plastic path for universal access.
		The Chicago Park District manages the city's 29 lakefront and one in-land beach for the enjoyment of Chicago families and visitors.
		Chicago's lakefront is also home to the lakefront trail, volleyball, soccer, concessions, golf courses, harbors, bird sanctuaries, and natural areas.
	chicagoparkdistrict.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/swim_report.home (219 words)

	WGN Radio AM720 - Pet Central
		D.O.G. Chicago is the informal group which is working to convince the Chicago Park District that dogs need their own play areas.
		Chicago’s lakefront is truly one of the best in the world, Chicagoans sometimes take for granted.
		D.O.G. Chicago - Chicago’s only advocacy group for dogs - is seeking “stories” of otherwise good citizens who feel the police have persecuted them for merely taking their dog into a neighborhood park, and they’re seeking your advice, your help (by calling the park district, writing letters).
	www.wgnradio.com /shows/pet/parks.htm (346 words)

	CPL Chicago Weather
		Chicago is nicknamed the "Windy City" but not because of its wind speeds.
		Because of their loud boasts of the virtues of the city, Chicago was dubbed the "Windy City" after its "windy" citizenry in the 1850s, according to stories.
		In winter in Chicago, the lake creates a slight warming effect because the water is warmer than the air.
	www.chipublib.org /004chicago/chiweather.html (1086 words)

	ColumbiaChronicle.com - - Sun, sand and testing beaches for bacteria
		Now, with the summer and beach season fast approaching, the Chicago Park District is ready to begin its regular water testing regimen in an effort to keep swimmers away from unsafe water.
		With the first beach closing on Lake Michigan’s shore happening as early as April 19 of this year, the district is considering new ways to combat the problems that plague the busy destination.
		Chicago beaches were closed 128 times last summer due to high bacteria levels.
	www.ccchronicle.com /paper/citybeat.php?id=1419 (1135 words)

	Alliance For The Great Lakes
		When beaches close it is usually because of the risk to human health from viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and other microbes that enter Lake Michigan from many different sources.
		Since beach monitoring in Michigan is so limited, it is unlikely that many potentially dangerous sources of contamination are being discovered.
		As we approach the 2002 beach season several counties, including Mason, Manistee, and Oceana have made commitments to developing a monitoring program for this season.
	www.lakemichigan.org /conservation/beach_michigan.asp (689 words)

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		The north side chicago beaches (Foster ave and north) are well marked with bouys about 50 yards off shore to discourage boats.
		Most of the beaches have guards during the day, the distance off the beach available for swimming depends on the beach and guard on duty.
		July 14 we swam off the Howard street beach in Chicago and it was bath water, literally.
	members.aol.com /b3t2/penguins/lmrept98.htm (2419 words)

	Lake Michigan Kitesurfing Beaches
		This beach is better for the summer since its less crowded and the lifeguards are more in tune with kitesurfing.
		The North side beach is the better beach, since its less crowded, but there's a wind-shadow at Tiscornia on SW winds due to the hill and trees right where you park, so walk down a bit.
		However, the beach at Muskegon in between the break walls is a city park vs. at michigan city which is a power plant.
	www.chicagokitesurfing.com /ridinglocations.html (4953 words)

	FOX Chicago \| News \| Fewer Lifeguards at Chicago's Beaches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chicago Park District officials say they need to cut the number of lifeguards as part of the district's cost-saving measures.
		For example, at Oak Street Beach, six guards were cut leaving 38 to patrol.
		Calumet Beach on the city's South Side has 24 lifeguards this summer, three less than the previous season.
	www.foxchicago.com /_ezpost/data/20159.shtml (231 words)

	Chicago : Beaches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The most well known is Oak Street Beach, the location of which at the northern tip of the Magnificent Mile creates some interesting sights as sun worshippers sporting swimsuits and carting coolers make their way down Michigan Avenue.
		Hollywood-Ardmore Beach (officially Kathy Osterman Beach), at the northern end of Lake Shore Drive, is a lovely crescent that's less congested and has steadily become more popular with gays who've moved up the lakefront from the Belmont Rocks, a longtime hangout.
		Beaches are officially open with a full retinue of lifeguards on duty beginning about June 20, though swimmers can wade into the chilly water Memorial Day to Labor Day.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=6&catID=0006020389 (332 words)

	INVISIBLE STRUCTURES, INC. -- Beachrings2 Articles
		Chicago's Park District has purchased 11 beach wheelchairs and equipped 10 of its 33 beaches with plastic mats that allow people using wheelchairs to get to the edge of Lake Michigan.
		Chicago now has more beach mats than any other city, according to Invisible Structures, Inc. of Colorado, the company that makes the mats.
		Chicago's mats and beach wheelchairs project cost $40,000.
	www.invisiblestructures.com /BR2/BR2Articles.htm (136 words)

	USATODAY.com - Scientists: Chicago is sinking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		CHICAGO (AP) — Shifting land caused by the melting of Canadian glaciers causes Chicago to sink at the rate of about a millimeter a year, a Northwestern University study has found.
		Regions south of the U.S.-Canadian border are generally sinking, while regions north of the border are generally rising, the study found.
		At the same time, water has been tipped toward Chicago beaches, as well as rivers and marshes all over the northern United States.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/news/techinnovations/2004-05-20-sinking-chicago_x.htm (375 words)

	Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chicago is currently piloting two projects that will increase the speed accuracy with which bacteria levels are determined and beach closing issued.
		Partnerships were formed between the Chicago Department of Environment ("CDOE"), Chicago Park District ("CPD") and U.S. Geological Survey in an effort to determine the sources of high bacteria levels.
		Chicago will continue to maintain one of the most aggressive sampling programs in the nation and will strive to protect public health by improving water quality at our beaches.
	www.nemw.org /glci/BP_ChicagoSwimBans.htm (399 words)

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		CHICAGO, Ill. (August 29, 2002) - Sierra Club today released the results of Lake Michigan water testing done this summer that shows that a key state standard for bacteria was exceeded in 69% of the samples taken at four beaches in Chicago, Evanston, and Wilmette.
		The Sierra Club, Chicago Group's Water Sentinels project examined water samples taken on a weekly basis from Gillson Beach in Wilmette, Lee Street Beach in Evanston, and Chicago's Montrose Beach, and 63rd Street Beach between May and August 2002.
		A total of 32 samples were collected along the four beaches with 22 samples, or 69% of all samples collected, exceeding the Illinois Department of Public Health standard of 500 colony forming units per 100 milliliters.
	illinois.sierraclub.org /news/082902pr.htm (616 words)

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		Chicago's 29 miles of lakefront boasts more than half a dozen beaches in the Gay Games competition areas, offering everything from serene, sandy paradises, to hip, urban spectacles.
		The Hollywood Avenue Beach, known as the City's gay beach, is a beautiful expanse of blue water, with volleyball nets and sunbathers dotting the pristine white sand.
		Located in one of Chicago's most culturally diverse neighborhoods, the 63rd Street Beach is famed for its historic beach house, designed by Frederick Law Olmstead to coincide with the 1893 World Columbian Exposition.
	www.chicago2006.org /chicago/beaches.php (429 words)

	NBC5.com - News - Chicago Beaches: Swim Report
		If we get a beach report in the afternoon (or as early as 11 a.m.) from the Chicago Park District saying swimming is banned, and you are at a beach at that time, you might be told to get out of the water.
		Chicago has one of the most progressive water testing procedures in the nation.
		Chicago Park District, in conjunction with Chicago's Department of Environment and the Lake Michigan Federation, are collaborating to identify and reduce contamination sources.
	www.nbc5.com /news/1485686/detail.html (1078 words)

	JS Online: Befouling of Chicago beaches doubted
		Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) were quick to pounce on Milwaukee for that dumping, with Kirk dubbing it "Cheesehead sewer water" and Daley opining that "it's going to float down here."
		Whitman's name is attached to the study, which suggests that the untreated sewage dumped by MMSD into the lake from May 10 to May 25 last year could not have reached Chicago beaches by June 20, when several were closed because of high bacteria counts.
		The study did not attempt to determine whether the flow from Milwaukee after the big sewage dump had any impact on beaches between Milwaukee and Chicago, said David Rockwell, an environmental scientist with the EPA and one of the study's four authors.
	www.jsonline.com /news/metro/aug05/350764.asp (992 words)

	Jarvis Beach on Centerstage Chicago - Jarvis Beach : 1208 W. Jarvis, Chicago, , Recreation, Beaches
		Highlighting Lake Michigan as a place to hang out in Chicago may seem like kind of a cop out, but Jarvis Beach is not your typical city-run lakefront attraction.
		With only a few hundred feet of shoreline interrupted by a giant mass of boulders in the middle, Jarvis Beach is not big enough to be overrun by people, making it the ideal quiet place to gather your thoughts and simply stare at the lake, with a bench available for just such an activity.
		Its seclusion is guaranteed by three large yet quiet apartment buildings protecting the beach from the hustle of Sheridan Avenue.
	centerstage.net /recreation/jarvisbeach.html (234 words)

	View from the Hill Online - Representative Jan Schakowsky, 9th District, Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But raw sewage dumping by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District also can't be ruled out as a culprit in Chicago beach pollution, a top regional environmental official said Wednesday.
		Recent scientific research suggests E. coli bacteria can live for years in beaches or the sandy bottom of the lake, making it theoretically plausible that Milwaukee dumping is a factor in Chicago beach problems, said Joe Cisneros, regional chief of enforcement for the EPA.
		Nadeam Elshami, a spokesman for Schakowsky, said Whitman did not directly respond to the Illinois delegation's claim that the EPA was failing to enforce the federal Clean Water Act.
	www.house.gov /schakowsky/article_08_15_02milwaukeesewage.html (601 words)

	Lake Michigan beaches closed by polluted water (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		By Monday, three Chicago city beaches remained closed by the wastewater bacteria dumped into Lake Michigan to control flooding, reported the Chicago Tribune.
		The Chicago Park District reopened six beaches Sunday after they passed tests for safe levels of E. coli bacteria.
		T's Chicago Triathlon, the world's largest triathlon, says there is little or no danger that his race might be reduced to a duathlon by the August 2 incident.
	www.insidetri.com /news/fea/440.0.html (368 words)

	IgoUgo: Chicago Attractions, Chicago Festivals, Things To Do In Chicago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This is Chicago's most famous beach and the perfect place to relax and peoplewatch.
		The beach is man-made and the sand is shipped in, but people here don't seem to care.
		There are many great beaches in Chicago (the entire lakefront is public), but this one is definately the "hottest." Only go to this one if you don't mind looking at some amazing bodies.
	www.igougo.com /planning/journalEntryActivity.asp?type=2&entryID=21327 (564 words)

	Illinois Beaches, Great Lakes, Chicago, Clinton, Forest Park, Evanston
		Check out lake beaches in Chicago, and throughout the state for water activites from swimming, beachcombing and fishing...to boating, catamaran sailing, water skiing and windsurfing...
		Illinois Beach State Park - Into the Wild - Archived feature article from Chicago Wilderness Magazine including a map, driving directions and major attractions at one of Illinois' most popular recreation spots.
		Evanston Beaches - Information on beach hours and daily/season passes with locations for all five Evanston Beaches including Lighthouse Beach, Clark Street, Dempster/Greenwood, Lee Street and South Boulevard Beaches, together with info on the pet-friendly 'dog beach' near Church Street.
	www.chiff.com /recreation/beaches/US/illinois.htm (277 words)

	Chicago forum: Beaches - TripAdvisor
		I am pretty sure the beach areas are open, and on warm spring days they can be packed...
		The 2004 beach season is from Friday, May 28 to Monday, September 6.
		The weather, on balance, in Chicago during March and April averages out to being fairly similar to the UK.
	chicago-hotels.tripadvisor.com /ShowTopic-g35805-Beaches-k90388-i32-Chicago_Illinois.html (401 words)

	Alliance For The Great Lakes
		Just days before its Adopt-a-Beach cleanup event, in which more than 1,300 volunteers are expected to comb 35 beaches along Illinois' Lake Michigan coast, the Lake Michigan Federation is calling on the city of Chicago to keep smoking off Chicago beaches.
		For more than a decade the Federation has conducted beach sweeps, with volunteers recording the debris they pick up from the coast.
		"Cigarette butts on the beach are unsightly to tourists and residents alike, cost tax payers countless dollars for cleanup, and can present health risks to children who involuntarily put objects in their mouths," said Stephanie Smith, manager of the Federation's education programs, who runs Adopt-a-Beach in Illinois.
	www.lakemichigan.org /news/smoking_ban.asp (419 words)

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