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Re: Brooklyn Dodgers (on topic)

Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jul 26 21:08:01 2007, in response to Re: Brooklyn Dodgers (on topic), posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Jul 26 19:51:18 2007.

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Unless someone can prove otherwise, I'm going to assume that the statement is false [about the pools]

Here's a link....scroll down to 1960, here's the quote:

1960
Robert Moses retired as Park Commissioner at age 72 to become the president of the 1964-65 World's Fair Corporation. When Moses became Park Commissioner in 1934 there had been 119 playgrounds in the city. In 1960 there were 777. The Parks Department under Moses also had built 15 outdoor swimming pools, 17 miles of beaches, and 84 miles of parkways. Park acreage had increased from 14,000 acres to 34,673 acres


Source:

http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_history/historic_tour/history_robert_moses_modern.html

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