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for bankruptcy »  April 16, 2009    Here's a simpler theme, and
much more needed in Durham, for the pool. Outdoors.  This is NC,
you can be outside swimming (*if we had outdoor pools*) a solid
5-6 months of the year.  Natural light filtered through a
building is a poor and much less enjoyable substitute for being
outside (and a more expensive one, I bet you could build two
outdoor pools for the cost of one aquatic center, and a heckuva
lot more people would use the pool if outdoors.)   From being
near the indoor pool at the YMCA I'd have to agree. They reak of
pool chemicals, are steamy in a weird and creepy way, and you'd
have to air condition that space in the summer or perhaps they
intend to sell child, parent, and senior roasts to fund the
building.   Seems a little weird to only have 2 lap lanes. You'd
never be able to use a pool like this for a youth swim team,
which seems like a g