August 08, 2008

Save Our Pools


Behind Faneiul Hall, where the old Interstate overpass use to be, there are brand new parks, gardens, benches and a spray park. My daughter pictured to the left had a great time.
Compare the cost to maintain this to one of our city pools? Guess what no lifeguards.



At the Boston Commons last week-end they had a spray park pool pictured above.

This whole Save Our Pools issue reminds me of the pocket park on Pleasant and Winslow. We would all love to pools and pocket parks everywhere, but there is a question of annual maintenance and future capital improvements. We need to be realistic.
What do you think would get more use on the Worcester Commons a Skating Rink or a Spray Park/Spray Park Pool?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well at least we didn't make this list!!

http://promo.realestate.yahoo.com/americas-fastest-dying-cities.html

Harry Tembenis
Worcester, MA