![]() This often leads to some form of over-building, requiring a higher level of maintenance or operational costs than initially intended. One of the challenges that cities often face when new facilities are planned for massive sporting events like the Olympics is to accommodate the crush of people who attend the events, but also consider the day-to-day users who will visit when these events are over. When the city restarted the project, the pool became part of New York City’s 2012 Olympic bid, and had to meet requirements for an Olympic water polo venue. Construction of a previous design started but was halted by funding constraints after September 11, 2001. Twenty-five years later, the World’s Fair returned to the park, with soaring structures and the massive Unisphere that made the park world-famous.īy the late 1990's, the city needed a new recreation facility for the growing population of northern Queens. In the late 1930's, “master builder” Robert Moses, then the New York City Parks Commissioner, cleared the area and created what was then called “Flushing Meadow Park,” in anticipation of the iconic 1939-1940 World’s Fair. ![]() It was the first indoor public pool to be built in New York City in four decades. The Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Pool & Rink is situated on the edge of Flushing Meadows Corona Park and next to the Van Wyck Expressway, where it mediates between the urban neighborhood and open green space. ![]()
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