The WPA Pools

The summer of 1936, eleven vast public pools opened in one season, ten thousand swimmers at the first whistle. The grandest public gift ever poured in concrete and chlorine

OPEN THE RECORDON THE ATLASHANG IT IN THE MUSEUMGET COUNTED

Part of NEW YORKERS by MLow, a painted census of New York City: 7,541 characters across 19 eras. Read the history of the places or spin into a room of the museum.