Global News CanadaApr 12
City spokesperson says Crystal Pool is safe again, but remains closed until Tuesday
A City of Victoria spokesperson says the investigation into the cause of a chlorine gas exposure at a local recreation facility is ongoing.
#Canada #CrystalPoolandFitnessCentre
https://globalnews.ca/news/11797056/crystal-pool-victoria-chlorine-gas/
CBC British ColumbiaApr 11
Victoria's Crystal Pool is safe again but remains closed until Tuesday, spokesperson says
B.C.'s environment ministry said the chlorine gas resulted from mixing approximately 20 litres of 12 per cent chlorine with 20 litres of hydrochloric acid.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/crystal-pool-closed-9.7160578?cmp=rss
Global NewsApr 11
City spokesperson says Crystal Pool is safe again, but remains closed until Tuesday
A City of Victoria spokesperson says the investigation into the cause of a chlorine gas exposure at a local recreation facility is ongoing.
#Canada #CrystalPoolandFitnessCentre
https://globalnews.ca/news/11797056/crystal-pool-victoria-chlorine-gas/
Global News BCApr 11
City spokesperson says Crystal Pool is safe again, but remains closed until Tuesday
A City of Victoria spokesperson says the investigation into the cause of a chlorine gas exposure at a local recreation facility is ongoing.
#Canada #CrystalPoolandFitnessCentre
https://globalnews.ca/news/11797056/crystal-pool-victoria-chlorine-gas/
Global NewsApr 10
8 people taken to hospital after ‘chemical incident’ at Victoria pool
A City of Victoria spokesperson told Global News that the pool and the surrounding park was evacuated Friday afternoon as a precaution.
#Health #chemicalincident #CrystalPool #Victoria
https://globalnews.ca/news/11773861/crystal-pool-victoria-chemical-incident-hospital/
Global News BCApr 10
8 people taken to hospital after ‘chemical incident’ at Victoria pool
A City of Victoria spokesperson told Global News that the pool and the surrounding park was evacuated Friday afternoon as a precaution.
#Health #chemicalincident #CrystalPool #Victoria
https://globalnews.ca/news/11773861/crystal-pool-victoria-chemical-incident-hospital/
Theodor HorydczakDec 2

Glen Echo amusement park. Sliding board, Crystal Pool, Glen Echo 1935 Aug. 4.
Horydczak, Theodor, approximately 1890-1971
1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 in.

#GlenEcho #CrystalPool #Horydczak #Theodor #Sliding #America #Amusementparks #Children #GlenEcho #Maryland #Play(Recreation) #UnitedStates #Waterslides #undefined

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019677589/

Thomas GuerreroFeb 7, 2025

A 2024 report that Ross Crockford has just uncovered shows that a basic refurbishment of Crystal Pool could be done for less than $20 Million. This means a proper refurbishment could easily be done for less than the $209 million for a new pool. #yyj #victoriabc #crystalpool

https://www.focusonvictoria.ca/reporting/94/?fbclid=IwY2xjawISdHpleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHeiZXZCufK6KhZ6CmbI_NUh3MaH8vxnAdRjz4GqiNjr60kpyrOslHKvvBg_aem_xw_lWNuA0uN4Zeq3dYy8LQ

Thomas GuerreroFeb 2, 2025
In Tsawwassen, a new pool is being built for $80 million less than the cheapest option proposed in Victoria and it is actually bigger. Have a read about it in my latest article. #yyj #victoriabc #crystalpool
https://www.sidewalkingvictoria.com/blog/2025/1/30/crystal-pool-replacement-project-the-winskill-pool-example
Crystal Pool Replacement Project - The Winskill Pool Comparison — Sidewalking Victoria

We are a week from the Crystal Pool referendum and I thought I would write one more article about it. If you haven’t read either of my first two articles you can read them here and here . In the first article, I went through a little of the history of how we got here and showed how there had bee

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Thomas GuerreroJan 25, 2025
The second article in my series on the Crystal Pool project is up. This time I look at the Peter Hemingway Pool project in Edmonton as a comparison. Have a read and let me know what you think! #yyj #crystalpool
https://www.sidewalkingvictoria.com/blog/2025/1/25/crystal-pool-replacement-project-the-peter-hemingway-comparison
Crystal Pool Replacement Project - The Peter Hemingway Comparison — Sidewalking Victoria

Imagine a pool replacement project. Now make it a project about a pool built in 1971 with significant modernist architecture and Olympic length swimming lanes. Now assume that the project goal is to update the pool and make it work for our current population and society, oh and it will be done for l

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