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City designates pools landmarks

On the same steamy Friday last month, they all were drawn to the same spot: a sprawling basin of coolness steeped in history, theirs and the city's.

There was the man with black swim trunks and a deep tan who has been coming to Astoria Pool for more than 60 years, first as a teenager to watch dazzling diving shows, and now, in his retirement, to swim laps and take the sun.

The tall...

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