Presenting the New McCarren Pool
[nggallery id=”28751″ template=galleryview] All things McCarren were revealed at Tuesday night’s Community Board 1 meeting. Architects from Rogers Marvel and Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Julius Spiegel presented renderings (above) and divulged details, many of which were documented in an email from Mikki Halpin of the group PoolAid and posted on Gowanus Lounge. A few highlights: -…
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All things McCarren were revealed at Tuesday night’s Community Board 1 meeting. Architects from Rogers Marvel and Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Julius Spiegel presented renderings (above) and divulged details, many of which were documented in an email from Mikki Halpin of the group PoolAid and posted on Gowanus Lounge. A few highlights:
– The $50 million in funding is secure
– Pool should be open in two years
– Pool should hold 2,500 people (that’s a lot of pee!)
– Main building will house gym and rec center
– Cabanas will be built as changing rooms
– No diving pool; volleyball court instead
– Bathrooms to be built at end if money remains
Sounds good to us.
The New McCarren Pool Updated & Revealed [Gowanus Lounge]
New McCarren Park Pool Images! [Curbed]
Work Begins at McCarren Park Pool [Brownstoner]
LPC Votes: McCarren Approved, Riverside Postponed [Brownstoner]
$50 Million McCarren Makeover Gaining Momentum [Brownstoner]
There will be restrooms no matter what for those who are using the pool or the gym or the rec center. The question is whether there will be a restroom open to the greater public using the park. Hope that is clear. –Mikki/Poolaid.org
The Astoria pool (which is huge) seems fine. I’ve been there twice with the kids when we can’t make it to the beach for whatever reason. Both times were good, clean water, no loutish behavior.
I know this echos so many other posts and thoughts, but seriously, this pool will be so incredibly gross. The renderings should have included some floating turds and teenagers doing some underwater humping (as regularly seen in the Red Hook pool).
No thanks.
Kinda sad to see the pool parties go. Local businesses will definitely miss them, as they would bring lots of people into the neighborhood that wouldn’t normally be there. The people who use the pool will likely be the ones who utilize the park the most – locals.
It was only a matter of time before good, sound public policy dictated the City be held responsible for bathing hipsters.
Are they seriously allowed to build a public facility without restrooms?
Even beaches have restrooms.
From India: “In other news (perhaps not entirely unrelated) the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), India’s Hindu nationalist group, has decided to start marketing a soft drink that contains cow urine. They see it as a refreshing alternative to Coke or Pepsi.”
No comment.
Actaully urine is basically sterile, so thats not what chlorine is for.
(if your healthy it is anyway).
be honest. do you pee in the pool? i do. that’s what chlorine is for.
*r*