Talk:Revere Beach

Merge
Merging in Revere Beach, Revere seems uncontroversial to me but I thought I'd throw it in as I was passing (working on Revere). (Emperor 19:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC))

"Deteriorate?" Self censorship
I'm in SF. I came here from a Globe story in which a great working class cultural institution too mysteriously goes belly up; "deteriorates", as the website coyly says. Wikipedia has to be more than a PR handout if it's to win back the respect it has been losing. What happened? Did the GI bill make it possible for the middle class to move to the suburbs? Where is Revere Beach in relation to downtown? It is legal, by the way, to discuss demographic changes when they're backed by statistics. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Profhum (talk • contribs)
 * By all means, feel free to [ make any such changes] you feel would improve the article.--Loodog 17:36, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

First public beach
The article says the beach, "founded in 1895, is the first public beach in the country". What does this mean exactly? The reference is a dead link, so no help there. Prior to 1895, were Americans not allowed on beaches????? Clearly not so, since this beach was used by the public before then as the article says. Later, it says "the first to be set aside and governed by a public body for the enjoyment of the common people". So, do we mean "publically owned" or "publically managed" rather than simply "public"? Some clarification would help, but to describe it as "the first public beach" is just nonsense. Emeraude (talk) 14:56, 1 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Hello!
 * I have done extensive research on the subject; to your point, the "first public beach" claim is hard to make, as it runs a bit deeper than that. In reality, Revere Beach is the "first to be purchased by a state strictly for public usage". I'm baffled by the claim of July 12th as a grand opening, as nothing can be found of any kind of grand opening; it is a fact, all evidence shows that the work to clear the structures from the sand and to move the tracks of the Boston, Revere Beach, and Lynn Railroad from Railroad Avenue (the future Revere beach Boulevard) was not started until after October 1st (when the state officially took ownership). While it is correct 45,000 people were estimated to be there on July 12, 1896, a newspaper article in the Globe clearly explains how people flocked to all beaches that day due to an extreme heatwave.
 * I wrote an article based on my findings, and continue to dig for more information:
 * https://reverebeach.com/history/how-old-are-you-really-revere-beach/ Bassman968 (talk) 15:13, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

Information on the first days of Revere Beach
I have done some deep digging on the grand opening of Revere Beach; I found there never was one. There were an estimated 45,000 people at the beach July 12, 1896; while the July 13th issue clearly explains how people flocked to all local beaches that day due to an extreme heatwave, there is no mention of a grand opening at Revere Beach.

All evidence shows that the work to clear the structures from the sand and to move the tracks of the Boston, Revere Beach, and Lynn Railroad from Railroad Avenue (the future Revere beach Boulevard) was not started until after October 1st (when the state officially took ownership).

In the United States, Revere Beach is in fact the "first to be purchased by a state strictly for public usage"; however, there is some debate as to it being the first public beach, in terms of the public being allowed to swim there - there are claims by other places, such as Soundview Beach and St. Augustine's Beach, that they came first. However, as early as July of 1845, the Robinson Crusoe House, located at the Point of Pines estate, was the only structure standing on the entire Chelsea Beach. This establishment was open to the public, which would make it very believable that swimming took place. So Chelsea/Revere Beach may very well be I'm trying to find evidence of activity at other beaches.

As for an official birthdate, the state took ownership of the beach on October 1st, 1896.

https://reverebeach.com/history/how-old-are-you-really-revere-beach/ Bassman968 (talk) 15:31, 30 October 2022 (UTC)