In its afternoon session today, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will be considering whether to individually designate nine WPA-built public pools (and, in some cases, accompanying bath houses). In Brooklyn, the McCarrren, Red Hook and Sunset Park pools are all up for discussion. You’d have to be living under a rock not to know that McCarren Park Pool (which was built in 1936) has been enjoying a second life as a popular concert site in the warmer weather in recent years but what about the other two? What’s become of them? What will it mean for all three if they are indeed landmarked? Will they become functioning pools again? UPDATE: The LPC heard all the testimony this afternoon but took no action.
LPC Jan. 30 Agenda [NYC.gov]
Should McCarren Park Pool Be Restored? [Brownstoner]
Landmarks Designation Hearing Jan. 30 [Historic Districts]
McCarren Pool Up for Landmarking [Gowanus Lounge]
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