Community Corner

Does Minneapolis Need Nude, Late-Night Beach?

Chain of Lakes seemingly popular among midnight skinny-dippers this summer.

So far this year, of in Southwest Minneapolis for swimming naked in Lakes Calhoun and Harriet.

A dig through the Minneapolis Police Department's archives confirms that most such incidents, or similar cases of people cited for being in a park after closing time, happened at Cedar Lake's Hidden Beach last year. If nude swimming in Harriet and Calhoun is a growing trend, does this suggest Minneapolis needs a dedicated, late-night nudist beach?

Two years ago, Golden Valley in Theo Wirth Park that had become a popular nude sunbathing and swimming location, much to the anger of residents near the lake.

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