The Arrow Swim Club is No More

haha, not exactly the track record the owners of that property probably wanted to see in the person stepping in, but any port in a storm, eh?

You're not gonna hear about music being too loud, because they probably aren't even going to have music. If they claim to be "redoing for the neighborhood"....it'll be the swimmo without kids.
They still don't want us there. And I have to say, I don't blame them.

Its gonna be sold before then. You're not gonna make any money on a swim club. Not now, not ever. Especially one that is useless three quarters of the year. In thirty years, they'll be more condo's there. I hope I'm here to tell you "Told you so!".

I walked in there and looked around at the end of the season last year. A couple things I noticed. First this is not a long-term thing, it feels temporary, a step above those shipping container pools they set up in manhattan a while back as a promo for something or other. Ultimately as no-libs develops it is probably not maximizing use of the site. Still it is a neat space and sort of a cool, of a bit cheezy idea.
The other thing, which is related to the first, is that the pool itself is not really suited to swimming, which is sort of retarded considering it is supposed to be a "swim club" $1,000 year for a membership I would like to actually be able to get more than my ankles wet.
As coder said ultimatley not enough money to make from that site in the long run. A four season swimming facility would be a true asset and worth spending money on.

that was just an attempt by Bart to get around NLNA and such by opening a bar/club which was called by another name and thus could get a liquor license easier. I heard he was trying to pull a similar scam with his proposed "Arts Center" but the neighbors down there are hip to that sort of thing now...

it ain't swim club unless it has a real lap pool which means what, 25-50m long?

I have a friend who was bar tending there. Poked my head in to say hello one night. Ewww.

Maybe now they will remove the signs for Arrow Swim Club only parking spots in the free lot by the Piazza. Pretty stupid to have 40 some spots permanently reserved for Arrow Swim club members when the club is only open for a few months out of the year. They should have at least said - between this month and this month.

I always saw this place as an attempt to mimic the recent popularity of roof-top swimming holes at hipster hotels in NYC, Boston, DC, LA, etc. But the thing is, they didn't have the transient nature of the hotel to work in their favor. The reason why those joints are so successful is because it doesn't get old when you have a new slew of patrons coming in every week to mingle with the regulars who live in the city. This was just a bad business plan.

Bart should be spending more time trying to find a better tenant for the first floor of the grocery store shopping center (a dollar store??? Talk about rolling over and dying) than a pretentious swim club.

Kenzo and I are going to have a chest waxing party at my house. Anyone want to come???

http://pdrswimming.us/index.asp

We need something similar to this taking over Arrow. We need something like this in our neighborhood!

PDR is interesting. I highly recommend the movie "Pride" if you want to know about it's incredible history.

I still want this http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/694835844/pool-a-floating-pool-in-the-river-for-everyone?ref=live

Agreed! Or both!

http://philadelphia.foobooz.com/2012/02/03/party-on-the-north-shore-in-nolibs-this-summer/ -- newly dubbed "North Shore Swim Club" with dues down to $500 for the summer (from $1000). Still not going to join for a glorified kiddie pool, but that seems like the right direction if they're trying to lure people in.

Why is now named after the area northeast of Boston?

To make the people who buy memberships feel exclusive. Marketing.
They're not going to sign up for the Gemantown Avenue Swimmo.