Windsor Beach Co-operative Apartments

03/25/2026

117 years ago

View looking east of the 73rd Street aerial tramway over Lake Michigan off the shore of the South Shore. The tramway was built to carry people and goods to the water crib during construction.

An intermediate crib structure used for constructing the Southwest Land and Lake Tunnel System, located about a mile and a half off the shore near 71st Street caught fire.
The fire started in a temporary wooden structure that contained sleeping and dining quarters for the workers around 8 a.m. The fire spread rapidly, destroying the structure and cutting off access to the aerial tramway used for transportation to the shore which was also destroyed.

Many men drowned or died from the cold; some survived by clinging to ice floes. Estimates of the dead vary, with a coroner's jury estimating 60 deaths and other sources noting 67 to 70 fatalities.

A massive funeral procession was held on January 23, 1909, featuring 47 hearses and 25,000 onlookers.

07/25/2025

Hey 7th Ward! Do you have any community improvement ideas for our neighborhood?

Check out the link regarding the Participatory Budgeting process below!

Participatory budgeting is a democratic process that allows citizens to have a direct role in deciding how a portion of a public budget is allocated. It involves community members in the decision-making process for how public funds should be spent on projects and initiatives that directly affect their lives and neighborhoods.

Participatory budgeting aims to empower citizens by giving them a direct say in how $1.5M in public funds for each Ward are utilized. It promotes transparency, accountability, and community engagement in government decisions. This approach also fosters a sense of ownership and civic responsibility among residents, as they play an active role in shaping their local environment and services.

Participatory budgeting is a democratic process that allows citizens to have a direct role in deciding how a portion of a public budget is allocated. It involves community members in the decision-making process for how public funds should be spent on projects and initiatives that directly affect the...

08/15/2024

Fun activity!
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08/10/2024

Hey neighbors, if you're a kayaker and interested in participating in the South Shore Venetian kayak night happening on September 7th, please DM Ana Marija at the profile below

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09/11/2022

Share your support in the fight to protect our beautiful bay from unwanted and unneeded and expensive landfill.

We need your support to STOP Friends of the Parks (FOTP) LANDFILL project! Friends of the Parks is no friend to South Shore! Yet again, they want to destroy our bay with landfill and concrete revetment walls just to install a bike path. FOTP and outside interests want to dictate what happens to our....

06/29/2022

Congratulations, Rep. Curtis J. Tarver II!!! We're so happy to have you as our rep for IL District 25!!!

State Rep. Curtis J. Tarver II (D-25th) easily beat back a challenge from South Shore businessman Josef Michael Carr to win renomination for a third term in Springfield.

01/11/2022

Illinoisans, please sign this petition by Friday, January 14th and show your support for Representative Tarver's efforts to protect the South lakefront!

For the past two years, Representative Curtis J. Tarver, II has been fighting to protect the South Side community from further erosion, destruction, and risk to public safety caused by increasing lake levels. In addition to being the sponsor for the South Side Lakefront Erosion Task Force, Represent...