The evening world. Newspaper, July 3, 1922, Page 12

error a 2 eI 9 THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, JULY 3, 1942, i f ncludes Acres of ew ] aygrounds, ban tand and 37-Acre unicipa QarrR | i . ra i ‘ A GENERAL OUTLINE OF PLAN-= DUUOUo DoUUoU DOOM DUOC oo00009 CoXDDgDbODDUoO DoNnOuDOoO Gd UPPER TERRACY Doooouo opoNDogooCoG00 DADO g a q ot ' | f Fe ‘ LAGOON H a a fi e . " >| WITH FOUNTAINS | $ . iB ¢ N war st TLLUMINATED *) I \ ig 107 ' | O B 9) ae) } Bs { y i f f Pe t { ; k ORIGINAL EVENING WORLD PLAN WAS SUBMITTED TO MAYOR HYLAN AND RODMAN WANAMAKER OF WAR MEMORIAL COMMISSION THREE YEARS AGO. PLANS WERE DEVELOPED IN CO-OPERATION WITH THOMAS HASTINGS, CELEBRATED ARCHITECT, \ es \ ° e ° : ° D “4Cre Swimmiulg Pool Conducted in a Public Park by Syracuse ' L pen to e ’ estaents wuring é€ Summer OntTHhS i 4 | | i 4 } (i ‘fliawatha Lake, the municipal swimming pool in Onondaga Park, Syra- It was openea in 1913, and thousands of the youth of Syracuse have | while throngs who do not care to swim congregate in the park and look on. One end ct the pool 1s very shallow and is exclusively for the use of cuse, 1 an exemple of what can be done by the construction of such pools| earnea te swim in it, while hundreds of thousands of citizens have found it a Vhe pool covers twenty-five acres. It is shallow around the edges and |children. It 1s cut off from the rest of the pool by an abutment, on which 39 the parks of this city, if the suggestion of The Evening World is carmed |nealth-giving and retreshing relict from the heat of summer. Band concerts |paved with concrete as far out as wading is possible. The bottom of the deep |#re locaved the dressing rooms, water chutes and spring boards. Swimming out. Of ali the municipal establishments for the comfort and recreation of |are given in a stand at one side of the pool and, as the pool is open evenings, |part is paved with copblestones, By means of a couple of outlets and intakes | nstructors and life savers are on duty at all hours, and the total upkeep of the people in. Syracuse, the swimming pool is the most popular, the peopl: of cyiacuse are enabled to swim to the accompaniment of music, thy water 1s practically kept in motion ail the time. the pool and the park surrounding costs the City of Syracuse only $5,000 a year, ©)? 9