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Mission Beach’s tent city: Life on the sand before the boardwalk

In 1916, the sands of Mission Beach were dotted with striped canvas tents and cabana-style shelters, forming a temporary seaside neighborhood known as Tent City. Visitors and a handful of longer-term ...
The Boston Globe

‘They’re like living rooms.’ How oversize beach tents and cabanas are overrunning the shore.

Massive shade tents, inflatable furniture, and heavy-duty beach wagons are transforming the simple beach day into suburban sprawl by the sea NAUSET BEACH — Remember when going to the beach was … ...