File:Looking at ENE at middle of Volta Park - Washington DC.jpg
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English: Looking east-northeast at the swimming pool and rec center of the Georgetown Recreation Center in Volta Park in Washington, D.C., in the United States.
Volta Park was created in 1909 on top of the Prebyterian Burying Ground. (Some 2,000 bodies remain there.) The park was created at a time when there was a national movement to create playgrounds and parks in cities throughout the United States in the belief that "cities were bad for you" and "you needed to commune with nature in order for democratic values to be instilled in you". The city paid $30,000 ($787,000 in 2014 dollars) for the land and another $5,000 ($131,2500 for playground equipment. A 2,441-square-foot recreation center with small swimming pool was built there in 1949, and in 1979 two basketball courts and two tennis courts were added. By 1990, Volta Park was a run-down piece of crap. The pool was cracked and empty, the basketball and tennis court surfaces were broken and weeds grew in the cracks, most of the grass had turned to dirt, the lawns were full of rocks, trash, old tires, scrap metal, and debris. In 1995, the Friends of Volta Park was formed to take care of the park. In 2004, the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) rebuilt the rec center for about $400,000. |
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| Author | Tim Evanson |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Tim Evanson at https://www.flickr.com/photos/23165290@N00/14335267551. It was reviewed on 3 June 2014 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
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