Interview 12600 – Caption Index: 569
He thought that was a good idea, you know?… Read More
He thought that was a good idea, you know?… Read More
And that’s exactly what they wanted. Read More
I mean, there was, I remember going to hearings, I had to go to hearings about the pool, and they wanted to convert it into an ice skating rink, you know?… Read More
Can you imagine? (laughing) I mean, it was impossible. It couldn’t be done, you know, it just couldn’t be done. And one guy, well they were all, anybody could say anything they wanted to there. Read More
I mean, I am not kidding, these are, I mean guys who worked at the park department in Chicago, I’m not kidding you, they were great. And I said, “Well, how did you clean it?” He says, “Well, you looked at it.” He said, “You looked at it and you’d… Read More
I mean, how could you?… Read More
It was salt water from the ocean. I mean, definitely was intake, salt water intake from this ocean. But you know, it sat there for, I don’t know. I said, “Well, when did you ever empty it?” “No, no, because it’s too hard to fill, takes too long.” I mean,… Read More
Why would you put a pool there?… Read More
No, I’ve never heard of a good answer to that question. And at the end nobody, there were like five or six people swimming in that pool a day, toward the end of the deal. And I talked to, I knew people who had taken care of that place, ’cause… Read More
And they said, “Well, you looked at it,” you know?… Read More
What was the Fleishhacker?… Read More
The Fleishhacker Pool was a, the biggest salt water pool in the world, that Herbert Fleishhacker donated land, well supposedly. He really didn’t donate land, he sold the land to the city. And they built that pool, and while it is true, there may have been a few days in… Read More
Why would you put a pool there?… Read More
I don’t know if I had any proof of that, but I’ll bet it did. Read More
Did the Fleishhacker Pool incident work against the zoo?… Read More
Oh, I don’t think so, I don’t think so. Read More
Was the Zoo Run a good promotion for the zoo?… Read More
The Zoo Run, did you have a run?… Read More
Oh yeah, of course we did. Yeah, we had a Zoo Run. Yes, it was a real, yes it was a good promotion. Yeah it was. That was started actually before I got on the scene, but yeah, it was a good, it was a good promotion. Did it help… Read More
I mean, why are people coming to the zoo?… Read More