The McCarren Pool Renovation  is featured in The Architect’s Newspaper.

The renovation by Rogers Marvel brings back a public pool that was designed during the era of Robert Moses.  The historical context is described by Thomas de Monchaux in AN:

The original pool was funded by the Depression-era Works Progress Administration.   McCarren was one of ten city pools that opened in the summer of 1936, the hottest on record at the time. It closed in 1984, the victim of recession and a flashpoint for tension and crime in neighborhoods going through demographic change and economic decline. This summer’s reopening, following the well-known hipster-driven development of the area, is the first of eight large-scale park refurbishments planned between now and 2030 under the city’s PlaNYC program.

The success of the pool in anchoring both neighborhood and community puts the McCarren Pool clearly in the realm of what designer Jonathan Marvel describes as “spaces that inspire community involvement and face time.”

And, an additional perk is that all the NY City Public Pools are free!  Enjoy the end of the summer.

But, if you can’t get there to see it for yourself, more of David’s images of the McCarren Pool are at EstoStock.  And there is an earlier post on EstoNews.