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A swimming hole for Houston gets closer to reality
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:13 pm
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Could Houston have its own version of Barton Springs -- an enormous, beautiful swimming hole, right in the city, where people from every walk of life go to cool off?
That entrancing idea was floated last month here in Gray Matters, in Andrea White's Good Idea column. Developer Monte Large and graphic designer Evan O'Neil had turned a coffee-shop flash of inspiration into a website -- houstonneedsaswimminghole.com -- and were dreaming big. On a tract of at least ten acres in central Houston, they proposed creating a manmade swimming hole, one that would use plants and natural processes to filter bayou water until it was not only safe for swimming but crystal-clear. They cited similar projects in Australia and Minneapolis. And they guessed that they'd need, oh, $6 million to $10 million for its construction.
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Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:15 pm to hikingfan
But is it trashy though.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:15 pm to hikingfan
it won't work, b/c no comment
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:16 pm to hikingfan
support
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:16 pm to Kafka
This post has been marked unreadable!
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:16 pm to Adam4LSU
What about snakes n gators n shite?
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:18 pm to Adam4LSU
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That will be some greasy arse water
Water will be fine
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:20 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
That's racist
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:20 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Where is the gif of the white guy who runs into the pool....
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:21 pm to hikingfan
I can see the city's upper echelon spending lots of time there
No trash would ever show up, and no drownings would ever happen.
Let's do it!
No trash would ever show up, and no drownings would ever happen.
Let's do it!
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:22 pm to hikingfan
Haha, Houston knows it sucks so it's trying so hard to be Austin
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:22 pm to hikingfan
What's wrong with Galveston?
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:24 pm to hikingfan
I went ahead and fronted them the $30k they needed for the feasibility study with the agreement that they name it after me.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:34 pm to hikingfan
Hasn't Texas had a huge drought over the past 10 years? Seems responsible
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:35 pm to hikingfan
Most Houston residents are plenty tired of swimming by the time they make it to Houston.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:37 pm to hikingfan
"Local Developers Spend $10 million to Find Out Why We Can't Have Nice Things"
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:43 pm to Mr.Perfect
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Where is the gif of the white guy who runs into the pool....
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:50 pm to Napoleon
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Napoleon
First time seeing that one.
Posted on 11/26/14 at 4:57 pm to Adam4LSU
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That's racist
Nothing racist going on here...
(for you slow folks, he's picking cotton)
This post was edited on 11/26/14 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 11/26/14 at 5:13 pm to hikingfan
not enough culture points to acquire
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