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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't mind seeing a pool, even at Hearst, but the proposed location is about the worst place for it.  It's sandwiched in next to two steep hillsides (requiring an expensive elevator tower) and will be completely in shade for much of the day.  It will feel like swimming at the bottom of a bathtub.  Either find a better site, like below the Hearst Park shelter, or better yet, build the pool at Fort Reno where it will have more room and be more accessible to more people.[/quote]

Again these things are not true.

Please go to the Bethesda Pool in summer (it is the one we go to because it is 20 minutes closer to where we live than any outdoor DC Public Pool) and the first filled spaces around the pool are always those in the shade.  I realize it is hard to remember this is April when it is 35 degrees out but we have hot summers here.

Which is why we need a pool.

And why the many people who go to a pool and don't necessarily swim like shade.

Again Ft Reno is a non-starter.  [b]There is not going to be a public pool on NPS land.  [/b]

And like swimming at the bottom of a bath tub?  I've actually played tennis on those tennis courts (they are always available since they are barely used) and it is not like playing tennis in the bottom of a bath tub so not sure why you think this bit of hyperbole will resonate with anyone.[/quote]

False.  There are discussions underway with the Interior Department and NPS about a long term lease at Fort Reno for a pool.  This wouldn't be the first time:  RFK, Murch school, and various other DC facilities are all or partly on land owned by the Park Service.[/quote]

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