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The original Forest Park Pool, pictured on the Fourth of July in 1941, was a giant circular pool with a diving platform in the middle. Courtesy Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection/UT Arlington ...
FORT WORTH, Texas — An historic Fort Worth city pool is reopening for the summer after $15 million in renovations. City officials will host a ribbon-cutting event for the Forest Park Pool ...
Forest Park Pool is no different. The newly renovated pool welcomed thousands of Fort Worth residents seeking relief from the summer sun. What sets Forest Park pool apart is that some of its most ...
Fort Worth needs 41 more public pools to pull even with Austin, said Chris Reed who was a leader in the campaign to maintain the 50-meter length of Forest Park Pool. Reed celebrated the pool’s ...
Which means Forest Park will likely be the last Fort Worth pool to reopen. "I mean, they're 75 years old," Zavala said. "We start new and start with a better floor plan and provide the kinds of ...
and possibly the end of an era at an historic Fort Worth pool. The Forest Park Pool, originally built in 1922, is scheduled to be demolished and replaced with an aquatic center. With ...
It’s hammer time for Fort Worth’s Forest Park pool. Demolition crews are scheduled to begin removing parts of the bath house Monday so they can be incorporated into the replacement of the ...
Out of the water and into the air goes Willie Brooks, thrown by Winfred King at Forest Park swimming pool in Fort Worth. Photographed in 1981 by Fort Worth Star-Telegram photographer Vince Heptig.
I have to give that a “yes” answer. Mr. Lay did not say in his letter if uses the Forest Park Pool but I assure you I do. As a Victorian-sized senior citizen female I am absolutely ecstatic ...
FORT WORTH, Texas — Labor Day typically marks the closure of the local public pool, ending a season serving as a meeting place and balm for the vicious Texas heat. Forest Park Pool is no different.
Fort Worth needs 41 more public pools to pull even with Austin, said Chris Reed who was a leader in the campaign to maintain the 50-meter length of Forest Park Pool. Reed celebrated the pool’s opening ...