There Will Be Pool Parties!
via Brooklyn Paper
At ease, hipsters, it now looks like the ‚”pool parties” will be back this summer.
The state Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has backtracked from its announcement six weeks ago that East River State Park would not be able to accommodate Jelly NYC’s concert series for a second year, paving the way to a summer of outdoor music and dance.
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‚”There’s still some paperwork, but as far as state parks is concerned, there will be concerts,” said Rachel Gordon, the regional director for state parks.
It’s unclear what the sticking point was, but the prospect of a concert-less summer prompted community groups and Sen. Chuck Schumer ‚Äî an apparent ‚”pool party” fan ‚Äî to rally for another year in East River State Park, the default location after the parties were booted in 2008 from McCarren Park Pool so that space could be restored as an actual swimming hole.
