Slog - Comments on Pool Party http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool Christine Larsen, a Capitol Hill resident and mother of 3, says she's tired of ferrying her kids to outdoor pools in West Seattle and Magnolia during the summer months. Earlier this year, Larsen founded Project Splash—a "group of neighbors who are tired of driving across town"—to lobby the city for an outdoor pool east of I-5. Seattle already has 3 indoor pools east of I-5—Meadowbrook, Medgar Evers, and Rainier Beach—but Larsen says while indoor pools are "great for laps and senior aerobics," a new outdoor pool would act as a community gathering place. Outdoor pools might seem like an... Copyright 2008 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:33:32 -0800 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:32:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by homage to me Yes to pools. Yes to skate parks. Simple concrete bowls play host to simple pleasures.

]]> homage to me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805238 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805238 City Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:40:53 -0800 Comment by fixo I've always thought that's what should be done with the big DOT parking lot on S. Massachusetts, next to Colman School. Good luck Christine!

]]> fixo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805244 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805244 City Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:52:32 -0800 Comment by um when is someone gonna slog about condi being outed?
http://pageoneq.com/news/2007/Secretary_of_State_who_keeps_private_life_shrouded_coowns_home_with_female__0914.html

]]> um http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805262 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805262 City Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:44:08 -0800 Comment by yeah um @3 how about earlier today?

http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/this_is_sure_to_fuel_the_riceisalesbian

]]> yeah um http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805265 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805265 City Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:52:06 -0800 Comment by Matthew I love this post. It's totally boring, but anybody with blood coursing through their veins can't help but read it after seeing the pic. Brilliant!

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805283 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805283 City Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:04:19 -0800 Comment by Sara Yeah!
Thanks for bringing this to my awareness, Slog. Now I'm gonna go tell all my poor poolless CD parents to get on board. I love Mounger but HATE driving 1/2 hour across town for that overcrowded kiddie swim.

]]> Sara http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805302 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805302 City Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:08:41 -0800 Comment by CK Damn! Wild things! Awesome movie, that's all I could think about while reading this.

]]> CK http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805306 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805306 City Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:00:27 -0800 Comment by brappy I love having a pool in my apartment building... indoor, too!

]]> brappy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805308 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805308 City Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:24:16 -0800 Comment by Jordyn There's places with worse weather that still have outdoor pools.

]]> Jordyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805315 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805315 City Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:24:03 -0800 Comment by ROAG How about a simple pool, lawns and showers at the M. L. K. Elementary school property in Madison Valley? Everybody dive in! Or is the Bush School, as Larsen says, already buying that location from the city? (In that case, it could have squash courts and a nifty clubhouse where we could watch the tennis white families frolick, at least until the hedges filled in.) Also, Larsen says the U.W. wants to invest in an outdoor pool off campus, so she's thinking we should build a public pool in more northern climes, like Magnuson Park.

]]> ROAG http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805321 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805321 City Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:06:06 -0800 Comment by Donovan Gross me out with that picture, why don't you.

]]> Donovan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805327 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805327 City Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:00:59 -0800 Comment by writer The staggering and heartbreaking genus, Homo.

]]> writer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805330 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805330 City Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:52:55 -0800 Comment by Sean It's about time Seattle gave its horny topless lesbians a pool to make out in. I'll gladly lend every inch of my support to this cause.

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805360 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805360 City Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:20:03 -0800 Comment by mike i just wanted to point out that parks isn't strapped for cash, they're blowing money left and right on construction projects these days.

]]> mike http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805402 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805402 City Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:18:32 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger I LOVE outdoor pools. Growing up in Montana we had an outdoor pool that open during the summer only and it was a GREAT thing to look forward to every summer. They are much more fun for kids and the lifeguards get great tans! (I taught lessons there and lifeguarded from my Jr year in high school through college)

Many great memories as a kid going there and many great memories working there in the summers!

Build the outdoor pools!!! YEAH!!!!

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805414 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805414 City Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:50:32 -0800 Comment by Sam When I saw that picture JSL, I thought this was a Mudede post.

But good choice. And a better read than a Mudede post, too.

Thanks.

]]> Sam http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805440 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805440 City Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:00:29 -0800 Comment by db No money in the parks dept.? Utter bullshit. What mike@14 said. They're blowing hundreds of thousands on construction projects and things people don't even WANT in their local park.

Pool people, get yours.

]]> db http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805446 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805446 City Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:04:20 -0800 Comment by Lorrie Paige One of my favorite sleazy films!

]]> Lorrie Paige http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805517 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/does_seattle_need_another_outdoor_pool#c805517 City Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:32:07 -0800