i am looking for a place to swim laps in swcc. i know that the christian street y has an indoor pool and i believe there is a pool at the marian anderson rec center. before i start making calls, just wanted to know if anyone knew the lowdown on these places -- fees, hours, space to swim laps, etc.

thanks.

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thanks to the southwest center city yahoo newsgroup, i was able to find out the following:

--- In southwest_center_city@yahoogroups.com, . . . wrote:

> The outdoor swimming pool at Marian Anderson is so beautiful that
it is really one of the major jewels of our neighborhood. It is
huge, clean, open to blue skies, surrounded by a few trees --- and
nearly empty at most times! What a great treat to have in your
backyard -- and maintained by someone else!
>
> The pool is open during the week from 11 to 7, and weekends from 1
to 6. Adult swim (frequently they will allow well-behaved kids with
parents too) is weekdays 5:30-7 and weekends 5-6. I think the rest
of the time goes like this: weekdays, daycamp swim from 11-1,
swimteam and lessons and freeswim from 1:30 to 4:30. Weekends
freeswim from 1-5. The pool is entered from 17th and Catherine.
>
> By the way, the pool also has a little seat-elevator to help folks
in wheelchairs enter the pool. No one ever uses that either.
>
> The indoor pool at the Christian St. Y is pretty good too. They
also have a gym with weights and nautilus and cardio, plus indoor
basketball courts. You can use all the facilities for $5 a visit,
or sign up for a month at a time, which is a pretty decent rate.
>
> Please tell anyone you know about how great this pool is! It is so
underused I am afraid that it will be one of the ones that the city
is choosing to transform into sprinkler parks. Lame-o.
>

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The pool at Barry playground 18th & Johnson Street is nice and quiet at night during their adult swim. Also, the pool at the Fels Center next to the Fumo library at Broad & Porter

the one at 26th & south has similar hours (including adult swim) to the marian anderson rec center's pool, but i don't think it's as big as marian anderson's ...

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