The Campus Community Association is writing today to share our concerns regarding the Ryland pool and acknowledge its long history serving our downtown families here in San Jose.
Ryland Pool is a historic resource to the downtown community. Built in 1925 with private funds from the Rotary Club of San Jose, is an architecturally notable structure and is one of the only round pools ever built. Over the 82 years of its operation, the pool has been a hub of recreational activity for downtown families and has provided many young children the opportunity to learn water safety, to swim, and to beat the heat during summer here in our neighborhoods. It is a wonderful resource for downtown families, having an adjacent park with a play area, barbeques, and picnic tables.
The Campus Community Association has consistently supported recreational opportunities for children and families here in downtown, as well as historic preservation to assure that current residents and future generations will enjoy all that makes our downtown special. Downtown San Jose, with its expectations of substantial growth over the next 20 years, is exactly where we must preserve family-friendly recreational opportunities and where such services are most needed.
We formally request that the Ryland Pool be preserved and that immediate steps be taken to fix the pool after many years of deferred maintenance. It is an architectural gem and deserves to proudly serve downtown residents as it has in years past.
