Happy second day of spring. The Floating Pool Lady spent the winter berthed ‘neath my window. Now it appears she is being readied for journeys to disenfranchised neighborhoods up river, providing relief and urine soaking to poor children.
The boat is a Parks Department idea to provide a public swimming pool in neighborhoods that lack such a resource. It arrived too late last year to be used and has been sitting at the Brooklyn Bridge Park ever since. According to the NY Times, it’s the work of Ann L. Buttenwieser, a former Parks Department official who lobbied the idea for 25 years. Architect Jonathan Kirschenfeld, with the help of my personal friend Jan, made the vision happen. Now it seems that soon someone may actually take a dip.
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