University of Rochester's Lost Swimming Pool Revisited

University of Rochester's Lost Swimming Pool Revisited

This article was scraped from Rochester Subway. This is a blog about Rochester history and urbanism has not been published since 2017. The current owners are now publishing link spam which made me want to preserve this history.. The original article was published November 12, 2013 and can be found here.

The abandoned swimming pool at University of Rochester has been cleaned of its desk chairs. [PHOTO: RochesterSubway.com]


   Earlier this year we took a look at some amazing     photos of this abandoned swimming pool    on the University of Rochester campus. Within days of those photos being posted here, the university had cleaned up the scene. These new photos got lost in my computer which is why you're just seeing them now. But I thought it was worth revisiting...

The abandoned swimming pool at University of Rochester has been cleaned of its desk chairs. [PHOTO: RochesterSubway.com]


   If you didn't see what it looked like before, take a     look here    and then come back.

The abandoned swimming pool at University of Rochester has been cleaned of its desk chairs. [PHOTO: RochesterSubway.com]
The abandoned swimming pool at University of Rochester has been cleaned of its desk chairs. [PHOTO: RochesterSubway.com]
The abandoned swimming pool at University of Rochester has been cleaned of its desk chairs. [PHOTO: RochesterSubway.com]


   A little music room has been built on part of the pool deck.

The abandoned swimming pool at University of Rochester has been cleaned of its desk chairs. [PHOTO: RochesterSubway.com]


   I kind of miss the old look. The desk chairs really helped tie the room together.

Chris Gemignani

Chris Gemignani

Rochester, NY, USA