Before home air conditioners were commonplace, there was WhealanPool, a mammoth Far Northwest Side facility where thousands of cityand suburban residents would retreat on a summer's day.
This afternoon, after a two-year hiatus, the Cook County ForestPreserve District's sprawling concrete-paved lake at 6200 W. Devonwill be reborn as the Whealan Pool Aquatic Center, a smaller, moremodern swimming hole with water slides and an interactive playstructure for kids.
The debut will come a day after the city got its own interactivespray pool. City officials dedicated the spray pool Tuesday atPiotrowski Park, 4247 W. 31st St..
At Whealan Pool, the reopening is …
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