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The Big Pool
Aquatics Terry Berkbuegler and Hank Moyers Aquatics Terry Berkbuegler and Hank Moyers

The Big Pool

For nearly 100 years, Garden City, Kan., was home to a pool so big you could water-ski across it. The hand-dug pool was so expansive that, for years, the local zoo’s elephants would lumber across the street after the pool closed for the season to take a dip.

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Bryan Buchko Bryan Buchko

Sharing Space

Public swimming pools across the nation are underutilized commodities that are expensive to maintain, manage, staff, and program. General-admission fees alone rarely cover the overhead required, leaving cities with the burden of subsidizing.

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