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The Floating Pool Lady : a quest to bring a public pool to New York City's waterfront /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Buttenwieser, Ann L., 1935- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Floating Pool Lady (Barge) > History.
Swimming pools > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York.
Public baths > New York (State) > New York > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.