Dvorak Park

We show up to go swimming on Sunday because the last attempt made we showed up at 7 pm and it was about to close. The personnel told us that the swimming pool was open at 11 am everyday and come back.
Picture a hot Sunday, we are looking to be outside, enjoy the weather and cool off.
We pack our bags and get on our swimsuits for a day of swimming to show up and find 4 lifeguards (aka douche guards) saying, «can we help you?» And I was like «yeah, b%#ch, we’re here to swim at the FREE pool». He said it’s not open swim, it mommies and toddlers” the pool is huge! Olympic size and there were literally two moms and two babies. Taking up literally a fraction of the pool. We then said okay, do you have a schedule because we clearly didn’t know and we can wait around for open swim. Uh… no.
The schedule was back to back with crap that limits the use of the pool. Open swim was like 1 hour and didn’t start until after 1:30 or so. Whoever is the idiot putting together these schedules clearly doesn’t want people to use them. It was really sad to see only 4 people using the pool. What a waste of tax payers dollars.
And then they want to close pools down because they say people don’t use it. Don’t waste your time, try to find a better pool or go to the suburbs where they know how to treat their taxpayers.

Nice big park with recent improvements however doesn’t change the fact that as soon as it gets dark it’s full of they neighborhood gangs… Really wish they would take that stuff somewhere else where innocent children aren’t more likely to be near

free outdoor pool that’s a good size, well kept, and kid friendly (it’s pretty shallow most of the way down). also saw some fancy looking miniwater park area for kids to jump around in the water on those hot summer days. just one rule which caught me by surprise when i went there – bags aren’t allowed in the pool area. so if you bring a bag full of stuff (towel, goggles, sunscreen, etc), you actually have to leave your bag in a locker (bring your own lock as well!)
what’s not to like?

This pool is really nice and clean.
If you’ve never been there before: they do not allow you to bring any bags onto the deck. No purses, backpacks etc. My husband and I didn’t know this when we got there and had to creatively stash our stuff. They do have free lockers there to use, but they don’t have locks. BRING A PADLOCK.
They let me and my husband in for Family Swim even though we don’t have any kids and couldn’t bring our chihuahua-​fur-​child. There are a lot of kids at Family Swim but they are all at the shallow end, so it’s still relaxing and you can swim laps back and forth/​float around without getting kicked in the face by a little kid.
I give it 4 starts because there are no diving boards– BOOO I SAY! There also aren’t any deck chairs to lay on, it’s pretty much swim or die.
The hours are weird, here’s the 2012 schedule:

I LOVE this place. I just discovered it recently driving through my hood. It is a wonderful park with an AWESOME pool. There are usually kids running around, but the deep end is pretty empty every time that I have been there. It’s free so that’s even better! The schedule is kind of weird, but they have a schedule in their field house. Check it out!

Hey kids that live on my street! Quit playin’ with the fire hydrant and go to the pool… it’s empty half the time. Nice swimmin’ hole with a little waterworks park thing at one end and people grilling just outside the fence for good some good smells.

Dvorak Park is right in my neighborhood and most importantly located across the street from a house encrusted with statues, dolls, mirrors, and other bizarre artwork. That monstrosity is a sight to behold… but anyway back to the park. The park has a fieldhouse, a playground, basketball courts which are always hopping with various dance and r&b hits pumped in straight from Heaven possibly. However the best part is the pool. Every Tuesday and Thursday night you will find me and my companion swimming in the outdoor pool, enjoying adult lap swim with no snotty little bastard children kicking us in our teeth. What could be better? I’ll be sad now that summer is over, but you can bet I will be back the minute it opens.