New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
o,ovide for Great Con
yention Hall and Bath
ing Pavilion
opoNX AMUSEMENT
T n,pK TO OPEN MAY 80
s,lt Swimming Pool Will
Have an Area of lOS,-
600 Square Feet

9Th ". Murchison. architect for
,r,,v International Exposition.
opens on May 80 next on the
-e,n waldorf Aston property at
,--b Street and the Bronx River,
..ssv submitted for fling with the
-, Build.nc Department plans for
t.tc scyenty-scyen buildings that
m cover the 25-acre site.
~. 81 these buildings was the con-
20, hall. which is being constructed
y. ne purpose OF aaordins adequate
"-o,sstions for the hundreds Of
.,,,,iors held IN this city each sea-
According 20 the plans the con-
T...;.o hsu viii seat 1900 people a
.s,y ,ba. should prove adequate, 1t
'si1s'.@eht for the ordinary gathering
i ,..,sS,s participating IN any one line
o. - 9-''s ,yrrtiteeture Of the convention
t"- III he Srauish Colonial-that IS,
~ " -. lines Of the early Spanish
~ ...sS,scture in South America ana
$3.50. 800 The cost of the convention nail
/, s,tinated a. Soo,VVU. o., ~
-. second building for which the
,','vsrs filed was the bathing pavll-
-, .S,,b abuts upon the monster salt
- swimming pool, which is TO be
's"sso feet in dimensions. The bath
ny. .iiior which is 10 be three
..s.;ss will occupy space OF lOON4OO
81, n will have 4,40O dressing rooms
Nv, ,,,-sximately accommodations Tor
teN psSons at one time.
~, ~. swimming pool itself viii be
,,-sAing novel IN metropolitan ain NUS
,.-t obstruction. To the north there
III b q bcach, so feet wide by SVV
h.. long. with a gradual slope TO a
;.,.s Of eight feet. Entirely SURROUND
l., ,bs pool 90 the east, west and south
y he & promenade, elevated shghtlE
,s-ys the surface of the water, where
i. bs,bers may rest On the south
.s.Mt5e pool there will be a NINA
80 Niavara Falls. $50 feet I'm diam.
,.srs and as feet high. This is designed
u. o,lv for its beauty as a spectacle '
a. viii be illuminated from WITHIN
,.s without BIZ colored incandescent
rl food lights, but TO serve the
,3ble purpose of aerating the water
,Asr /, has left the filters and sending
rir.o the nool pure and clear after the
,srge through the air.
short distance in front Of the talis
vNbe diving tower. 100 feet high,
rr1 balconies every ten feet, so that
M daredevil divers Of the country may
,i,tt their own height from which to
lie a plunge into the waters below .
his pool. with a straightaway OF
NJ wards. doubtless viii be the scene
Franv AQUATIC contests in the coming
trs as the management has leaN.
M, .ls property covering the life OF
B -srers-toa With this idea IN view
M Nurchison has arranged in ms
r.ans Of the bathing pavilion for,
granastand on the roof, overlooking me
pool, with q seating capacity OF 2,OVO
persons.
Carrying out the idea Of the accom-
nodat.on Of the many bathers who are
expected 70 patroniZe this sharkless
beach. M. MurchisOn next will file the
PLANS for the restaurant and dancing
pavilion, which is 20 adjoin the swim
ming pool on the west, conforming 20
he bathing pavilion on the east.
In this the patrons of the swimming
POOL will be allowed 10 refresh them
selves and 70 disport themselves to
Asir hearts content, and the continu,
'ss frontage Of the three combined
structures will require an elevation OF
80 feet
According 10 the plans. the cost Of
lie bathing pavilion will be $4,000,
lni the combined cost Of the sccommo-
ti,ons for the bathing public doubt
les will reach close 10 the S2OO,OOO
tuz