Gothamist: McCarren Pool-Aid

thfs

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:48:42 -0500

11222 you are an idiot. how do you even know that they filled it in with concrete? did you take a site tour of the vault under the pool deck?

poollover

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:10:48 -0500

Roadblock, the pool was closed twenty years ago--and accounts vary greatly as to why. In any case, the non-hipster locals would very much like for it to be a pool again--they are very vocal about this. It was in fact slated to be reopened again about seven years ago, and the money was allotted in the city budget, but the events on Sept. 11 (and the election of Bloomberg, who has essentially shut the Parks Dept down) stopped that from happening.

yeahyeah

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:03:22 -0500

The plumbing wasn't filled with concrete - that's a myth. However, the pool is in such an advanced state of decay that in order to turn it back into a functioning pool, it would pretty much need to be entirely rebuilt.

Roadblock

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:15:13 -0500

"We want to see everyone in the neighborhood attending events at the pool, not just hipsters. We want any money that is raised by events at the pool go to a fund that will eventually restore our pool. We want corporate interests out and community interests in. We want you to realize that it is your pool too, and that you deserve to have a voice in what happens." That strikes me as odd since it was the non-hipster locals that had the pool shut to keep blacks from coming into their Polish enclave in the first place.

11222_res

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:57:02 -0500

This is moronic and childish beyond belief. There is no serious intent or statement of purpose. And from what I understand, in order to ensure ethat the pool was stable enough for thousands of people to stand in it, clear channel/live nation FILLED IN THE PLUMBING UNDERNEATH THE POOL WITH CEMENT, which means that the pool can *never* be restored back into a pool. but, yknow, cool and all. great that they made such a professional site that caters to all the local residents. oh, wait, you mean all the local residents aren't 20something hipsters?? SHOCKER, i know