Ohio Street Beach

Ohio Street Beach is a small wedge of sand trapped between Chicago's big water treatment plant and the city itself.

North Avenue Beach

North Avenue Beach is a broad crescent of sand held in place by a long curving concrete jetty (groin?). The beach was quiet in the morning,...

Oak Street Beach

Once upon a time, sand worked its way southward down the west side of Lake Michigan, building out into the lake in a series of spits at the...