[PRCo] Re: 4th of July

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, John Swindler wrote:

> >	Fireworks were staged in the swimming pool parking lot with
> >backup on the hill opposite the pool.    A  *Huge*  Public
> >Park bordered the swimming pool, Dormont Avenue, and ran up to
> >the High School and its  *Huge*  *Ball__Park!*
>
>
> Was this the swimming pool adjacent to Banksville Road near Cochran Rd?

It is now; I have no idea if it always was.

> And if so, wasn't the park surrounding this swimming pool a former railroad
> yard??

The West Side Belt did run up the Banksville Rd valley if I'm remembering
correctly.

Interestingly no streetcar service up that valley. Most of the development
there is more recent, also. I wonder if it's because the West Side Belt
was down there.