Title: 30 years of progress, 1934-1964 : Department of Parks : 300th anniversary of the City of New York : New York World's Fair.
Identifier: 30yearsofprogres00newy (find matches)
Year: 1964 (1960s)
Authors: New York (N. Y. ). Department of Parks.
Subjects: New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N. Y. ); Playgrounds
Publisher: (New York?) : (publisher not identified)
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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swimming pools For those who dwell in the heavily congested areas of our city, well removed from ocean beaches, there are seventeen large modern outdoor swimming pools which are intensely used during the high temperature periods of the summer season. Thousands of children and adults have participated in Learn-to-Swim classes and in life-saving techniques and water safety.
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Astoria Pool, site of the 1936 American Olympic finals in swimming, diving and water polo prior to the games in Berlin, Germany, again played host in 1964 to the top swimmers, divers and water poloists from the United States. In the late fall, winter and spring, twelve indoor swimming pools serve the needs of schools, clubs and neighborhood participants who en- joy swimming throughout the year. An innovation in swimming pool design is the combination swim- ming pool and ice skating rink which is being constructed in the Harlem Meer section of Central Park. This dual operation will feature cascading 40

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