Posted Jun 29, 2007, 1:53 PM
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http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories...atingpool.html
Everybody in the barge
By Dana Rubinstein
June 30 – July 7, 2007
The floating pool — with faux beach — along the Brooklyn Heights waterfront.
The floating pool will finally open for swimming, soaking, and general relief-seeking on July 4, sources told The Brooklyn Paper.
The barge-borne pool is the dream of Ann Buttenwieser, the urban planner who concocted the idea for the so-called “Floating Pool Lady” nearly three decades ago and raised funding for it through her Neptune Foundation.
That barge is now anchored at the foot of Joralemon Street, a mere eight blocks from Borough Hall.
The splashy news was as welcome as a sprinkler on a steamy summer day.
“We’ve been looking forward to it,” said Judy Stanton, executive director of the Brooklyn Heights Association. “We hope that people enjoy it, and that it doesn’t become a noise issue.”
On the shoreline will be one-acre, man-made beach, where visitors will be able to rent umbrellas, chairs, and munch on Schnack hot dogs. The pool will be able to hold 174 swimmers at a time, with another 226 on the platform.
If all goes swimmingly, the pool will be open every day from Independence Day through Labor Day, from 11 am to 7 pm. And like all city pools, admission is free.
©2007 The Brooklyn Paper
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