UPTOWN — It may be too cold to go for a dip, but that doesn't mean you can't admire beach babes of Uptown's past.
Three young women laughing at the Clarendon Park Beach in 1927.
In 1916, Clarendon Municipal Beach opened along with a brick building with two towers, according to the park district's website.
The Clarendon Park Beach, and its clubhouse, in 1916.
But in the late 1930s, Clarendon's lake frontage was eliminated when the park district expanded Lincoln Park north to Foster Avenue. That's when the Clarendon Community Center was born, which is still standing today albeit without some of its most distinguishing features like the tile roof and towers, the park district said.
Beach-goers using a blanket to lift up a boy at the Clarendon Park Beach in 1929.
Check out our photo slideshow of Clarendon Park Beach at 4501 N. Clarendon St., courtesy of the Chicago History Museum archives.
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