Middletown Forum : Sunset Pool Demo http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Middletown Forum : Fun Pictures and Video : Sunset Pool Demo Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:59:08 +0000 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:25:00 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.12 360 www.middletownusa.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4043 Middletown Forum http://middletownusa.com/images/blog-logo.jpg http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ Sunset Pool Demo : 409 wrote:Greener...... greener.....yes.... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=30215&title=sunset-pool-demo#30215 Author: VietVet
Subject: 4043
Posted: Oct 15 2011 at 6:25pm

Originally posted by 409 409 wrote:

Greener......


greener.....yes. Also barren and desolate, as is the result of all of their demos. Sad to see Middletown becoming "open spaces" with a constant reduction of points of interest. We're going backwards from being progressive IMO. The Gilleland administration will be know in the future for a lot of things. One tag you can pin on her city epitaph will be in creating a "green space of disinterest" while she has systematically destroyed any personality this city once had. JMO ......and it was allowed to happen by the people....sad. The sooner she and her backers leave, the healthier the town stays. ]]> Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:25:00 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=30215&title=sunset-pool-demo#30215 Sunset Pool Demo : Greener...... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=30208&title=sunset-pool-demo#30208 Author: 409
Subject: 4043
Posted: Oct 15 2011 at 9:00am

Greener......
]]> Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:00:42 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=30208&title=sunset-pool-demo#30208 Sunset Pool Demo : I am sad to see the icon known... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=29492&title=sunset-pool-demo#29492 Author: middleman
Subject: 4043
Posted: Sep 02 2011 at 9:07pm

I am sad to see the icon known as sunset pool gone, but it does look like they did a good job restoring the land.

]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:07:40 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=29492&title=sunset-pool-demo#29492 Sunset Pool Demo : Thnx again 409 for your fine reporting... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=29475&title=sunset-pool-demo#29475 Author: ground swat
Subject: 4043
Posted: Sep 02 2011 at 7:25am

Thnx again 409 for your fine reporting skills.  The ace reporter from this site must be washing alot of cars over at the office.]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:25:19 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=29475&title=sunset-pool-demo#29475 Sunset Pool Demo : Hey! 409's "almost done"... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=29472&title=sunset-pool-demo#29472 Author: VietVet
Subject: 4043
Posted: Sep 02 2011 at 6:33am

Hey! 409's "almost done" pictures present an idea..... looks like a great place to have a concert with the remaining structure centered for the bands and a large open area for lawn chairs. Oh.....wait.....that's already been tried......Bicentennial Commons which was last used ......uh......how many years ago? (On a positive note, we do have the successful Bash stage downtown though.) ]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2011 06:33:46 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=29472&title=sunset-pool-demo#29472 Sunset Pool Demo : It doesn't look too bad... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=29469&title=sunset-pool-demo#29469 Author: viper771
Subject: 4043
Posted: Sep 02 2011 at 5:24am

It doesn't look too bad actually.]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:24:23 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=29469&title=sunset-pool-demo#29469 Sunset Pool Demo : Almost done. http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=29433&title=sunset-pool-demo#29433 Author: 409
Subject: 4043
Posted: Aug 30 2011 at 7:16pm

 
Almost done. 
 
 
]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:16:00 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=29433&title=sunset-pool-demo#29433 Sunset Pool Demo : Is the Baker Bowl over at Smith... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=29409&title=sunset-pool-demo#29409 Author: VietVet
Subject: 4043
Posted: Aug 30 2011 at 6:19am

Is the Baker Bowl over at Smith Park still used? If so, how about a downsized version of a Baker Bowl in that spot? Wonder if Baker Concrete would do the work at that site as they did at Smith Park? (Or is the vandalism and graffitti still an issue at Smith?) Or is skateboarding dying out?

OR

The city provided some free music concerts (other than the Broad St. Bash) during the summer season with different venues, didn't they? Don't they have a portable bandstand? Still doing that? Haven't heard. Wonder if the community would be interested in the city setting up a portable screen on this bandstand with a sound system and showing outdoor movies during the evening hours in the summer? The former pool area might be a good place for viewing, don't know. Might give the families of Middletown some cheap entertainment on a weekend evening. Might do the vendor thing at the movies like the Bash does too. Always the comment that there is nothing to do in this town. You could also do this at Douglas and at Smith if enough interest. Just a suggestion. ]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:19:08 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=29409&title=sunset-pool-demo#29409 Sunset Pool Demo : Just playing devils advocate.... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=29407&title=sunset-pool-demo#29407 Author: Voleye
Subject: 4043
Posted: Aug 29 2011 at 10:50pm

Just playing devils advocate.  The pool is gone, nothing that can be done with it now.   What would you like to see there?   Would you like the city to try to sell the property to someone?  Make it a smaller version of Smith Park?  Let it grow into "woods"?  What would you like to see happen with the property and if the city is going to keep it where do they get the funding to do what you want them to do with it?]]> Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:50:26 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=29407&title=sunset-pool-demo#29407 Sunset Pool Demo : And so, it is done. Like the old... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=29395&title=sunset-pool-demo#29395 Author: VietVet
Subject: 4043
Posted: Aug 29 2011 at 6:21am

And so, it is done. Like the old hospital area, the former parking garage/Swallens/ the old YMCA/Sorg sites and the former Roosevelt school, we now have another area where activity once thrived and now, there is empty space, complete with a desolate, barren, "empty lot" wasteland to view. Nothing really planned to take their place. Just "greenspace". The city is getting good at bulldozing. Not so good at replacing that which was bulldozed. What will we do with all the emptiness being created in this city? How exciting......how progressive.......how disgusting IMO. The longer this city keeps people like Gilleland in control, the more desolate this town is going to be. "Re-inventing" this city is one thing. Tearing down structures and leaving open "nothingness" in it's place is another story. How many sites have been torn down and how many of those sites have seen a replacement usage? Little to none. Is there any indication that the city leaders have any plans at all of using any of these empty sites? JMO]]> Mon, 29 Aug 2011 06:21:26 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4043&PID=29395&title=sunset-pool-demo#29395