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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]
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.
The Harlem YMCA is located at 180 West 135th Street between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.Built in 1931-32, the red-brown brick building with neo-Georgian details was designed by the Architectural Bureau of the National Council of the YMCA, with James C. Mackenzie Jr. as the architect in charge.
Trump stuns social media as he dances along to YMCA at the end of speech about October 7 attacks. Rhian Lubin. October 8, 2024 at 8:10 AM.
As of 2021, there are twenty two branches throughout the five boroughs, including the McBurney Y that was the inspiration for the Village People's song and the West Side YMCA. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] YMCA of Greater New York is affiliated with YMCA in America and also operated Camp Talcott , a more than century-old sleepaway camp that hosted more ...
It is part of the Central Park West Historic District. [1] Completed in 1930 and designed by Dwight James Baum, it is the home of the West Side YMCA. [2] It is constructed in brick, limestone and terra cotta, with a steel frame. [3] The site was formerly occupied by seven 5-story brick rowhouses at 3–11 West 63rd Street and 8–12 West 64th ...
The YMCA Building is a historic building in San Diego, California. It was built in 1924, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, before the YMCA moved out in 2014. [ 1 ] During that time, the group served over 125 million military personnel in the facility.
In 1984 a new Ohio-West Virginia YMCA is chartered by the National YMCA. At the end of 2012 the Ohio-West Virginia YMCA made the decision to no longer be a YMCA and chose to return their charter to Y-USA, at this time the Ohio Alliance of YMCA's began operating the Ohio YMCA Youth & Government programs. [86]