Manhattan · NYC landmark
Thomas Jefferson Play Center
First Avenue between East 111st and 114th Streets · Manhattan, New York City
A New Deal pool complex whose low brick bathhouse shows how public recreation was designed during the Depression.
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NYFE Summary
Federal relief money helped the city build this complex during the Depression. The project provided both jobs and a place for neighborhood recreation. It was part of the group of large outdoor pools opened across the city in the same summer.
A low, U-shaped bathhouse frames the approach to the pools. Pale concrete bands and a line of windows emphasize its horizontal shape. Raised brick patterns provide much of its decoration.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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