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The first YMCA indoor pool in the United States was built in 1885, in Brooklyn, New York. [40]: 154 Male nudity was required at YMCA pools in both the US and Canada until they became mixed-gender in the 1970s. [59] The downtown Miami YMCA, built in 1918 and demolished in 1978, featured what was considered a modern swimming pool at the time.
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries.It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. [1]
Macleod, David I. Building character in the American boy: The Boy Scouts, YMCA, and their forerunners, 1870-1920 (Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2004), a standard scholarly history. Putney, Clifford W. "Going Upscale: The YMCA and Postwar America, 1950-1990." Journal of Sport History 20#2 1993, pp. 151–166. online
The Wayne County YMCA continues to plan a relocation. The preliminary design calls for a 50,000-square-foot building with an indoor pool. ... "Not in the least of which is an indoor pool," he said ...
A YMCA in Virginia is facing a $20 million lawsuit two years after a 5-year-old boy drowned in the deep end of the pool during a daycare program.
A $5 million outdoor pool area at the Chasco Family YMCA in Round Rock will give the community a new place to play and cool off beginning next summer. Laura Arredondo, the chief marketing officer ...
Shane Homes YMCA at Rocky Ridge, designed by GEC Architecture for the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada is a large recreational facility located at Rocky Ridge, Calgary. The main sponsor of the project, Shane Homes, is a large homebuilder company rooted in Calgary. [1] The investment for this recreational center totaled $192 million. [2]
If you have obesity or joint issues, walking in a pool can be a helpful option. “It’s a lot less of a load on your joints,” Matheny says. (However, if a pool isn’t accessible, he suggests ...