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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would like a pool in walking or easy biking distance for me and my kids. Hearst checks that box in a way that no other outdoor DPR pool in the city does.

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Turtle Park would be the best.  More than any other location in Ward 3, it is definitely [b]"kid central."[/b]  It's also walking distance from the Tenley Metro and the bus lines on Wisconsin and Mass.[/quote]

No it would not be the best - not even close.

It is further from the Metro than Hearst and not on any major bus lines (it is 6 blocks from Wisconsin Avenue and 9 blocks from the Metro) and it is also much less central to the Ward.

And its also not near a major arterial like Hearst is.

But most importantly Turtle Park is intensely used already in the summer while Hearst is essentially empty (this is true year around except for Saturdays in the spring and fall when the soccer field is sometimes used) and Turtle Park just underwent an expensive renovation.

And FWIW there is much more parking around Hearst, especially in the summer when school is out and the parking would be needed.

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Friendship (Turtle) Park is a block from a major arterial with frequent bus service (Massachusetts Ave), just like Hearst.  There are multiple fields at Friendship Park, so giving up one baseball diamond wouldn't be the end of the world, and no tennis courts would have to be sacrificed.  By contrast, a pool at Hearst involves significant impact to the tennis courts and/or single playing field.  Friendship Park's extensive summer use shows by kids proves the point how this would be a very good location for an outdoor pool. [/quote]

You are apparently neither a bus rider nor a user of Turtle Park nor observant about what is going on at Hearst.

Mass Ave is not a major bus corridor by any measure - during rush hour it has 4 buses an hour and off peak 3 while Wisconsin has 14 per hour peak and 6 per hour off peak.  But on top of those buses on Wisconsin Hearst is immediately served by the 96 and H4 bus routes which since you probably are not aware are cross town bus routes (which will likely scare the hell out of you as an immediate neighbor though the 30's buses also go crosstown).  And all of that is on top of Hearst being .6 miles from 2 Metro stops and also very close to the trailhead for Klingle Valley which also connects to RCP and its bike trail that runs the length of NW DC.

And there was an earlier post about this but Turtle Park and Hearst Park are nearly identical in size.

But why would you sacrifice a heavily used baseball field at Turtle Park (and if you don't know this it again is because you know nothing about the park) for a lightly used tennis court?  So it would not be the end of the world to sacrifice a baseball diamond but that diamond is heavily booked 7 months out of the year and those activities would need to go elsewhere.    The tennis courts at Hearst on the other hand are barely used at all and in any case there are many more public tennis courts available nearby than either public baseball diamonds or public swimming pools.

So again nice try (actually not really but you guys are desperate at this point) but another terrible argument.

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