Hearst Playground story in Current

[Anonymous]

Yes, it was a fine presentation. All of the regular environmental, arboreal and hyrdrology tests will be done; the pool is on the books, but they will look at Guy Mason (makes no sense given Volta and Jelleff) and one other site as potential alternatives.

I am excited for a pool at Hearst!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, it was a fine presentation. All of the regular environmental, arboreal and hyrdrology tests will be done; the pool is on the books, but they will look at Guy Mason (makes no sense given Volta and Jelleff) and one other site as potential alternatives.

I am excited for a pool at Hearst!

The pool earmark for Hearst is likely to be pulled. Even Cheh is telling people that she misjudged the opposition to the Hearst site.

[Anonymous]

That sucks. I hope the people who live by hearst who are opposing this will be willing to open up their back yard pools (you can see them in the aerials) to us peons who have to slum it without.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That sucks. I hope the people who live by hearst who are opposing this will be willing to open up their back yard pools (you can see them in the aerials) to us peons who have to slum it without.

Can't you 'slum' it to Wilson, Jeleff or Volta, three public pools within a 10 minute car or bus ride from Hearst?!

If Commissar Cheh is going to spend big bucks on a ward pool, it would be better to spend them in areas without as convenient access to a pool -- like the Palisades, where there's space to build more than the itty-bitty kiddie pool that they will try to squeeze into the Hearst 'bowl.' Or at Turtle Park,which has lmore space and more kids per square yard than anywhere else!

[Anonymous]

You keep bringing this up yet Palisades is still on the far side of the city, rather than centrally located and Turtle park still has the protection of the baseball community to maintain that space.

Hearst is centrally located, accessible and for the rational part of the world, has plenty of space for a nice community pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You keep bringing this up yet Palisades is still on the far side of the city, rather than centrally located and Turtle park still has the protection of the baseball community to maintain that space.

Hearst is centrally located, accessible and for the rational part of the world, has plenty of space for a nice community pool.

The DPR master plan called for two pools WOTP, one near Turtle Park and one near Lafayette.

DPR needs to rein in the "baseball community." Way too much public space is devoted to baseball relative to the number of people served.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You keep bringing this up yet Palisades is still on the far side of the city, rather than centrally located and Turtle park still has the protection of the baseball community to maintain that space.

Hearst is centrally located, accessible and for the rational part of the world, has plenty of space for a nice community pool.

Turtle Park is something like four times the size of Hearst. It seems that DPR is tying to force the fat, ugly stepsister into the glass slipper -- too many competing uses at Hearst for too small an area.

[Anonymous]

The best site for a Hearst pool is on the small astroturf field at the northern end of the park. It's flat and accessible and not close to any houses. The past couple of weekends the turf field was being used by groups of men who parked their MD-plated cars next to the playground, so if the pool displaced any users at that spot, they don't seem to be DC residents!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The best site for a Hearst pool is on the small astroturf field at the northern end of the park. It's flat and accessible and not close to any houses. The past couple of weekends the turf field was being used by groups of men who parked their MD-plated cars next to the playground, so if the pool displaced any users at that spot, they don't seem to be DC residents!

+1. This seems accurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best site for a Hearst pool is on the small astroturf field at the northern end of the park. It's flat and accessible and not close to any houses. The past couple of weekends the turf field was being used by groups of men who parked their MD-plated cars next to the playground, so if the pool displaced any users at that spot, they don't seem to be DC residents!

+1. This seems accurate.

I don't know if it should be installed up by the school or where the tennis courts are now. But if they are going to put a pool at Hearst, they should not tear up the field to do it which is a widely used resource. A pool will be used for a limited time a year, for a limited number of hours per day. I imagine Stoddert would weigh in on the field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The best site for a Hearst pool is on the small astroturf field at the northern end of the park. It's flat and accessible and not close to any houses. The past couple of weekends the turf field was being used by groups of men who parked their MD-plated cars next to the playground, so if the pool displaced any users at that spot, they don't seem to be DC residents!

You mean tear up the 3 year old field that cost over $1,000,000 to build? That's the best place?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best site for a Hearst pool is on the small astroturf field at the northern end of the park. It's flat and accessible and not close to any houses. The past couple of weekends the turf field was being used by groups of men who parked their MD-plated cars next to the playground, so if the pool displaced any users at that spot, they don't seem to be DC residents!

You mean tear up the 3 year old field that cost over $1,000,000 to build? That's the best place?

I don't want a pool at Hearst, but if it they are going to build it, it should be where the tennis courts are now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best site for a Hearst pool is on the small astroturf field at the northern end of the park. It's flat and accessible and not close to any houses. The past couple of weekends the turf field was being used by groups of men who parked their MD-plated cars next to the playground, so if the pool displaced any users at that spot, they don't seem to be DC residents!

You mean tear up the 3 year old field that cost over $1,000,000 to build? That's the best place?

They built it for kids but its heavily used by men's teams from Maryland. At least the tennis players seem to be D.C. residents because I've seen many walk. Let's balance the features that DC park users want.

I als agree that Turtle Park has a lot more ro M for a pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best site for a Hearst pool is on the small astroturf field at the northern end of the park. It's flat and accessible and not close to any houses. The past couple of weekends the turf field was being used by groups of men who parked their MD-plated cars next to the playground, so if the pool displaced any users at that spot, they don't seem to be DC residents!

You mean tear up the 3 year old field that cost over $1,000,000 to build? That's the best place?

They built it for kids but its heavily used by men's teams from Maryland. At least the tennis players seem to be D.C. residents because I've seen many walk. Let's balance the features that DC park users want.

I als agree that Turtle Park has a lot more ro M for a pool.

For a pool

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best site for a Hearst pool is on the small astroturf field at the northern end of the park. It's flat and accessible and not close to any houses. The past couple of weekends the turf field was being used by groups of men who parked their MD-plated cars next to the playground, so if the pool displaced any users at that spot, they don't seem to be DC residents!

You mean tear up the 3 year old field that cost over $1,000,000 to build? That's the best place?

They built it for kids but its heavily used by men's teams from Maryland. At least the tennis players seem to be D.C. residents because I've seen many walk. Let's balance the features that DC park users want.

I als agree that Turtle Park has a lot more ro M for a pool.

That turf field sees more use on a single school day than those tennis courts probably see in a month. The Hearst kids are out there before school, during recess and after school. Multiply that by 180 school days and that field is probably one of the most utilized rec fields in the city, without even counting weekend use which is also heavy.