Re: More on the Kennywood Pool closing
- From: Paul Drabek <Raven_Rider@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:03:05 -0500
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 02:30:59 GMT, "Derek Gee"
<dgeeSPAMSUCKS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I dropped a note to Charlie Jacques, Jr. regarding the Kennywood Pool
>closing questions we had the other day... Here's his answer:
>
>"The pool closed because of segregation. But it did reopen and remained
>reopened until they closed it. Maintenance was always an issue with the
>pool. It leaked from the day it was built, and as pool usage decline in the
>1950s the maintenance became more of an issue. If you look at pools the
>1950s and 1960s were big integration issues. Many just closed their pools.
>Coney Island finally intergrated in 1961."
>
>So I guess if it was leaking from day one - sounds like segregation was the
>issue.
That reminds me of what Groucho Marx said when he was told he couldn't
swim in a country clubs pool because he was Jewish:
"Can my daughter go in up to her knees because she's only half Jewish"
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