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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its C-R-A-Z-Y to build on the field when there is a tennis court to build on. If DPR and Cheh would commit  to building on the tennis courts, the number of opponents would drop dramatically. 
1. It solves concern about preserving the park
2. It preserves the size of the field
3. No additional eyesore [/quote]

Actually, it doesn't solve the problem.

1.  The tennis players wouldn't like it.
2.  More broadly. the footprint of the tennis courts sit below the drip line of the mature oaks canopy.  The courts likely have been there for a while and court footers, if any are not deep, so it hasn't visibly impacted the trees.  But to build a pool in that same location, as well as a pool house, would require extensive excavation which would irreparably damage tree roots and mean the removal of a number of trees.  This is a siting problem for the pool because the tennis courts are wedged between the trees, the slope from 37th St. and the slope from Quebec. [/quote]

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