CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — They look real: Two, rectangular signs with the Chicago Park District seal on them showed up on posts at Loyola Beach in Rogers Park.
Ald. Maria Hadden (49th) told WBBM that one of her constituents alerted her to the signs, which remind her of other parks-related hijinx from the beginning of the pandemic.
“I don’t know if it’s the same pranksters, but it was funny,” Hadden said.
Despite an effort in 1932 by one of her predecessors — Ald. George Williston — to create a nude beach there.
“The discussion in committee then went to, ‘Well, if this passes, then we need to make sure that the Department of Buildings inspects the structures closing this area off to make sure that there are no notch-holes — for peeping Toms,’” the alderwoman said.
Hadden said the resolution, though, went nowhere.
“You’ve got to wear swimwear or your minimum clothing,” she said. “You are not allowed to be fully nude on any of our beaches in Chicago.”
She has informed the Chicago Park District and said she expects the signs — like summer — to be gone soon.