The swimming pool that was built in Druid Hill Park in 1954 – after the courts ruled that Baltimore could no longer segregate public pools by race – is getting a $6.8 million makeover into “a resort-like recreation facility.”

Three new pools, splash park features like water slides, a climbing wall and a new bath house are among the features of the project to be unveiled at a public meeting next Tuesday at Baltimore City Recreation and Parks (BCRP) headquarters.

“It’s going to make the whole place more inviting and more widely used,” said Tom Orth, a member of Friends of Druid Hill Park, which has long urged an upgrade of the swimming facility at 800 Wyman Park Drive.

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