03032nam 2200553 450 991055450070332120210511190445.01-5017-1601-810.1515/9781501716034(CKB)5590000000447735(OCoLC)1247157860(MdBmJHUP)muse93068(MiAaPQ)EBC6349452(DE-B1597)571793(DE-B1597)9781501716034(StDuBDS)EDZ0002604825(OCoLC)1253312920(EXLCZ)99559000000044773520210428d2021 uy| 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe floating pool lady a quest to bring a public pool to New York City's waterfront /Ann L. Buttenwieser[electronic resource]Ithaca :Three Hills,2021.1 online resource (xii, 290 pages ) : illustrations ;Cornell scholarship onlineAlso issued in print: 2021.1-5017-1602-6 1-5017-1603-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Swim Annie, swim! -- Fire and water -- The eureka moment -- Waterfront in despair -- Hoboken ho -- Finding C -- Contracts and crawdads -- Kafka on the pier -- Perspective matters -- The Orwellian bureaucracy -- The big jump -- The lady moves to the Bronx -- Swim, New York City's children, swim.Why on earth would anyone want to float a pool up the Atlantic coastline to bring it to rest at a pier on the New York City waterfront? In 'The Floating Pool Lady', Ann L. Buttenwieser recounts her triumphant adventure that started in the bayous of Louisiana and ended with a self-sustaining, floating swimming pool moored in New York Harbour. When Buttenwieser decided something needed to be done to help revitalize the New York City waterfront, she reached into the city's nineteenth-century past for inspiration. Buttenwieser wanted New Yorkers to reestablish their connection to their riverine surroundings and she was energized by the prospect of city youth returning to the Hudson and East Rivers. What she didn't suspect was that outfitting and donating a swimming facility for free enjoyment by the public would turn into an almost-Sisyphean task.Cornell scholarship online.Swimming poolsSocial aspectsNew York (State)New YorkPublic bathsNew York (State)New YorkHistoryUrban waterfront planning, new york city history, Manhattan waterfront, bronx waterfront.new york city waterfront, Baretto Point Park.Swimming poolsSocial aspectsPublic bathsHistory.797.20097471Buttenwieser Ann L.1935-1218368StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910554500703321The floating pool lady2817490UNINA