A few weeks ago I was able to attend the last McCarren Park Pool Party as we know it. The park sits just off of Bedford Ave between Williamsburg and Greenpoint in Brooklyn. The Park has a gigantic municipal pool that was built by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression and designed for a capacity of 6,800 swimmers, three times the size of an Olympic pool. It is truly massive. The pool ceased operation in 1983, in 2005 the first concerts were staged in the gigantic empty pool.
For the past three years, concerts have been held every Sunday in the Summer with top name artists of the indie scene. Yo La Tengo headlined the last concert, M.I.A., MGMT, Death Cab for Cutie, DEVO, The Breeders, The Black Keys, Aesop Rock, Regina Spektor, and Wilco all headlined free shows there this summer.
For the past three years, concerts have been held every Sunday in the Summer with top name artists of the indie scene. Yo La Tengo headlined the last concert, M.I.A., MGMT, Death Cab for Cutie, DEVO, The Breeders, The Black Keys, Aesop Rock, Regina Spektor, and Wilco all headlined free shows there this summer.
Along with the regular concert amenities like beer tents, the McCarren Park Pool Parties have dodgeball, four-square, and a slip and slide. There were a surprising amount of 'alt' families at the event.
Dodgeball was actually pretty challenging. Yours truly, in yellow shirt and jeans, didn't fair that well.
four-square:
These dramatic arches, designed by Aymar Embury II made me think of something that would be found along the Silk Road in Central Asia.
Sadly, the concerts as they are currently held are doomed, the city intends of turning the pool back into a pool.
These dramatic arches, designed by Aymar Embury II made me think of something that would be found along the Silk Road in Central Asia.Sadly, the concerts as they are currently held are doomed, the city intends of turning the pool back into a pool.
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cool, as in the temperature of pool water
there is no pool water
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