Thursday, April 2, 2009

The Aquazanies of Astoria

From Ephemeral NY:

These boys, clad in signature jailhouse-striped swimsuits, were part of a group of Astoria kids who called themselves the Aquazanies.

In the 1940s, they regularly put on a diving and comedy show (with props, music, and even animals joining them for some high-dive fun) on Wednesdays nights at Astoria Pool, one of the massive public swimming facilities Robert Moses built in the 1930s.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Alas, the diving pool has been closed and rotting away for decades now.

Sic transit gloria mundi.

Anonymous said...

Looks like Community Board one trying to understand a developer's proposal.

Anonymous said...

Looks like the mods on astorians.com forming board policy.

Anonymous said...

Looks like the local elected officials doing a show for the developers.

Anonymous said...

Looks like the LPC in session.

Anonymous said...

Looks like an HDC coffee chat.