"The pool is being completely replaced. It leaks like a sieve,” said Stephanie Kingsnorth, principal of the architecture firm Perkins Eastman, addressing about 50 community members in a room next to the park's visitor center."
"Replacing Griffith Park's historic but idle swimming pool is likely to take at least three years and cost $40 million while delivering a competition pool, a neighboring recreational pool and a rehabilitated pool house with a gender-neutral bathhouse facility."
"The pool and pool house at Riverside Drive and Los Feliz Boulevard date to 1927, long before Interstate 5 was routed just east of the site in 1964."
"After decades as a popular spot for children's swim lessons and recreational lap swimmers, the pool was shut down amid COVID-19 pandemic measures in early 2020."
City officials plan a $40 million project to replace Griffith Park's 1927 pool, creating a competition pool and a recreational pool. The project will also rehabilitate the historic pool house, preserving its exterior while adding modern amenities like a gender-neutral bathhouse and improved accessibility. The timeline for completion is set for mid-2029, complicated by the pool's proximity to Interstate 5 and the L.A. River. The original pool was closed in 2020 due to COVID-19 and was found to be leaking.
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