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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Not sure why opponents keep saying the drawings are not to scale - what is there now is close to a full size soccer field which would be 120 yards and the field does not even come close to fully occupying the space - you guys can keep saying things don't fit but they do.  The confusion of the opponents (deliberate or otherwise) about the scale does  not make you right.
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The pool drawings in fact are to scale.

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I saw three proposed layouts, and the folks from DGS were quick to concede that all of them were not to scale when people started pushing on the details.  In particular the pool was drawn smaller than any existing DPR outdoor pool. The soccer field was roughly half its current size.

If you have seen more up-to-date drawings please share with us a link where they can be seen.  Thanks.[/quote]

Your recollection of the September 2016 meeting is different than mine - my recall is that the drawings were preliminary and they weren't sure that a pool of the exact dimensions would work where they had plopped them in the 3 different scenarios.

But it is your opinion on the scale of the pool they used and this satellite shot of Volta which has the same size pool and tennis courts suggests you are very wrong:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Volta+Park/@38.9100192,-77.0672651,200m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xe7f48733fbce32fd!8m2!3d38.9102472!4d-77.0670596

At Volta the pool is almost the exact size of one tennis court and the pool house (which doubles as a rec and thus might be bigger than required) is smaller than a tennis court.

The drawings from the presentation in this PDF show 3 pool options that are almost the exact same size as the tennis courts:

https://dgs.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dgs/publication/attachments/09.13.16%20Hearst%20CM3%20Presentation_CGS.pdf

So perhaps they are not the exact same size but they are pretty close.

And your characterization of the soccer field as being half its current size its provably false - option 1 in the above PDF maintains the current sized soccer field (not a regulation adult field btw but why start being accurate in how the field is characterized now!) at a dimension of 300 feet by 150.  Option 2 flips the direction of the field and yields you a field that is 280 x 140 feet (without going into the hillside along 37th which buttresses my argument that you might be able to flip the field and maintain its size) and Option 3 also has a 300 by 150 foot field.

So options 1 and 3 maintain the current field with its 45,000 square feet while option 2 nets you a field with 39,200 square feet which is a reduction of just under 13% so no DPR did not propose reducing the size of the soccer field by 50%.

Space is not the challenge when it comes to putting a pool at Hearst.[/quote]

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