In the summer of 1934, Robert Moses, the parks commissioner, had issued a blueprint for his dream: 11 Olympic-size pools scattered in downtrodden sections of the five boroughs. At a time when the city had not yet rebounded from the effects of the Depression, the pools would provide work to unemployed architects, draftsmen, engineers, laborers, and, after they opened, support staff like instructors, lifeguards and maintenance workers: in all, some 80,000 people. nyt, slideshow
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