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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pool opposition is likely to increase as DGS focuses more on Hearst playground as the site for the pool -- it's level, more stable ground, with easy access to 37th St and to parking.  The site would be farthest from nearby houses.  Alternatively if the small turf field and basketball court are sacrificed, most of the playground can be saved. [/quote]

Why would anyone focus the site of the pool to be at the Hearst playground? The most logical place for it is at the tennis courts. If this is the so-called neighbors doing this, then all it is going to do is pit the pro-school/playground neighbors versus the anti-tennis court neighbors. Pro-school will win every time.

So it won't be pool opposition, it will be the handful of neighbors that don't want it at the tennis court site.[/quote]

The tennis court site would likely result in loss of all of the courts, significantly impact the tree canopy and require major soil stabilization (particularly if, as DPW publicly stated, its pool template is the Upshur pool).   It is also the most impactful of the possible locations on surrounding residential areas.  The advantage of the upper tier location (more likely the little turf field rather than the playground itself) is its accessibility, yet without the locational disadvantages of the tennis court site.  Moreover, any loss of the turf field is mitigated by the presence of the adjacent lower field.  It's not perfect, but the issue with Hearst Park is that nothing is.  It's like fitting a square peg in a round hole and where something's gotta' give.[/quote]

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