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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree with your ideas about reconfiguring the field on an east west axis.  Excavating the west slope with a tall concrete retaining wall would be a disaster, and moving the field would result in the loss of large trees on the east side.  However, you may be on to something in the NE corner of the park.  At a minimum, a pool could go on the upper flat area in the location where the basketball court and a portion of the eastern part of the playground are.  That portion of the playground area could easily be moved to the site of the former portable classroom building, next to the school.  This location also has the advantage of access, particularly for those with mobility problems.  It would have easy access to the parking lot, which is lightly used during summer months when the school is not in session and the pool would be open.  And no Park green space is sacrificed.[/quote]

Why would a retaining wall be a disaster?  It is not even clear it would be required and there is no reason the fields would impact the line of trees on the east side.  Again this is a large space they have to work with.

No reason to further muddle things going into Hearst's space - there is plenty of space in the park itself and no reason to add something to what is already the actual intensely used part of the site.[/quote]

The basketball court is maintained by Hearst rec center, is not heavily used, and in any event there is no shortage of such courts in DC.  This is the perfect place for a pool.  Level, close to parking and no disturbance of green space.  As tradeoffs go -- and by definition there will be tradeoffs is a Hearst pool is built -- this is pretty good.[/quote]

This makes no sense - the basketball court is adjacent to the elementary school and is used by the elementary school.  As the PP wrote yesterday afternoon the basketball court was being used while the multiple tennis courts were not.  So you would remove a better used rec resource to keep the pool further from hour home even if it negatively impacted more people?[/quote]

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