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The Kingsmen Pool on a busy afternoon in 1954.

image credit: West Vancouver Archives

Many North Shore residents growing up in the '50s, '60s and '70s took their first swimming lessons at Kingsmen Pool in Ambleside Park.

Overlooking Stanley Park and Lions Gate Bridge, the outdoor pool was once a popular hangout on sunny days.

The photo above was snapped on a busy afternoon in 1954, the year the pool opened.

At first the landmark location was heavily used, but attendance began to decline when the West Vancouver Aquatics Centre was built nearby.

In 1977, less than 11 months after the new indoor facility was created, the Kingsmen Pool was filled in.

This year marks the pool's 60th anniversary.

The landscape has changed a skatepark and basketball courts now take up the area but memories haven't faded.

And there are calls to bring back an outdoor pool to West Van.

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January 17, 2014

San Mateo Architect, Max Woo, has lived in his San Mateo home for over twenty years and recently embarked on a huge remodel project in his backyard. The new landscape design included utilizing an artificial boxwood hedges on existing concrete walls that surrounded the patio, pool, and tennis court areas. The deck was also redesigned, and everything was included to compliment the minimalist, low maintenance theme of the property.

Architect Woo, consulted with his general contractor and Geranium Street Floral for the artificial boxwood hedge. He decided on a UV rated directional artificial boxwood hedge to cover the walls around the pool and deck area. He later extended the hedge wall to cover portions of the tennis court area. The project was one of Geranium Streets biggest installs to-date.

We worked closely with Max and the general contractor to construct the artificial hedge wall so that it would conform to local building codes, and be durable enough to last, said Geranium Street president, Bob Smith. We learn new tricks on each job that helps us to more efficiently create artificial hedge walls... added Smith.

To construct the wall, Geranium Street pros attached blankets of artificial hedge mats to corrugated steel frames and then attached those frames to the ten-foot concrete walls surrounding the back yard. The results were quite impressive and the artificial hedge wall added some much needed texture to the otherwise bare walls. The artificial hedge wall looks particularly nice beside the pool.

An artificial boxwood hedge has good sound proofing qualities, and that is a plus, especially near a pool or tennis court, Smith said. The artificial hedge acts as a muffle to harsh sound waves that echo off of flat concrete walls. This will decrease the noise in the tennis court, or when many people are using the pool or deck area. The other factor Woo liked was that the artificial hedge was maintenance free. Geranium Street Floral has recently installed artificial hedge walls at other properties in San Francisco, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Las Vegas.

About Geranium Street Floral: Geranium Street Floral is the premium provider of Outdoor Artificial Plants, Artificial Hedge Panels, Artificial Bamboo, Boxwood Bushes, Boxwood Balls, Topiary, and more. Conveniently located in beautiful San Marcos, CA, theyre here to provide all of your artificial plant needs 7 days a week.

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Snowfall brings New Yorkers out of their apartments and onto their sleds for some downhill action that makes everyone feel like a kid again. Heres a roundup of some of the best places to slip and slide.

Third Street and Prospect Park West, Brooklyn

Nine-year-old Park Slope pals Jack (from left), Katie, Dela and Luna give a thumbs-up for the slopes in Prospect Park.Photo: Christian Johnston

On snow days, Park Slope families jam onto every possible peak in this Brooklyn park. Popular spots include a medium-size hill adjacent to the Picnic House, where, one Friday during a recent noreaster, the area teemed with kids and parents.

Anything goes at this chaotic scene, where children careen down all sides of the hill, often landing in a big pile at the bottom. At one point, a dog pulling his young charge by sled stopped to do his business in the middle of the hill, and kids leapt out of saucers to avoid the steaming pile of poo.

Theyre kinda rookies here in the city, says Robert Sluymer, 51, a Toronto native who has lived in Park Slope for more than a decade.

But kids dont seem to mind, including Sluymers 9-year-old daughter, Dela, who packed onto the familys wooden toboggan with a giggling pack of PS 107 friends before getting a push from Dad.

Walter, a 12-year-old off to a running start before dive-bombing down the hill headfirst, shouts, It feels like youre indestructible!

Teens crowd Long Meadow to practice jumps and snowboarding, while a bunny slope for tots faces the bandshell. (Watch out for trees at the bottom.)

Insider tip: Patience is a must at this parks popular spot, where sledders queue up before pushing off. The sprawling park is littered with hills. Keep exploring until you find enough space to sled safely in fresh powder.

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I have to show you my junk drawer.

The true measure of a great kitchen remodel.

Marcia Levy pulls open the drawer. It is wide and flat, and inside are 18 compartments.

Before, I had no idea we had all of these thingies, she says dangling in midair one of six measuring tapes in the what else? measuring-tape compartment. Others are loaded with chip clips, scissors, pens, stickers, tape, flashlights. More.

I love this, she says, pushing the drawer shut.

Next its off to view the garbage-recycle cabinet. And the utensil drawer, eight sections holding spatulas, whisks, spoons. More.

For the most part, Marcia and her husband, Mark, have loved life over the past 20 years in their big, old 1919 Craftsman in the Seward Park neighborhood. Private yard at the end of a private road, large lawn ringed with flowers and trees, all of it splayed before a real Southern belle of a front porch.

It was just the small, dark outdated kitchen that couldnt keep up with a couple who really cooks. It needed rescuing. Something sleek, warm and functional. And that is just what interior designer Alexa Milton did.

Marcia wanted a modern kitchen in lime green, but one that also would suit the old house. Milton did that with custom lime-stained maple cabinets, white subway tile, fawn maple floors, fossil-flecked limestone counters and LED lights in recessed stripes.

Marcia wanted a kitchen where both she and Mark, and sometimes guests, too, could cook together. Milton did that with a bump-out and a new island with a prep sink.

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FORMER NFL STAR EDDIE GEORGE AND FAMED INTERIOR DESIGNER MONICA PEDERSEN SET AS JUDGES ON NATE BERKUS-HOSTED "AMERICAN DREAM BUILDERS"

Twelve of the Nation's Top Designers and Builders From Around the Country Compete for Title and $250,000 Cash Prize on NBC's New Competition Series

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - Jan. 17, 2014 - Former NFL running back/landscape architect Eddie George and design expert Monica Pedersen have been tapped as judges on NBC's new one-hour reality-competition series "American Dream Builders."

The series, which premieres Sunday, March 23 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, will have Nate Berkus serve as host, judge and executive producer.

Showcasing the talents of highly accomplished designers and home builders from around the country, "American Dream Builders" will enlist 12 of the most sought-after designers and builders for a high-pressure competition designed to push everyone's creative reach. Each week the contestants will tackle two massive home-renovation projects, each featuring unique architectural styles that result in jaw-dropping transformations. They will rethink the way we live and create new design that is sure to inspire.

"My goal is for this show to stand for magazine-worthy designs," said Berkus. "For that to happen, we had to start with a great cast capable of reaching that level of design. They had to be established - a group focused on maintaining their hard-earned reputations. I knew I had to have judges join me that would not only push our talented designers, but push me as well. Eddie and Monica are those judges. They have an opinion and aren't afraid to share it."

Well-known for his brilliant football career, George is a Heisman Trophy winner who spent most of his career with the Tennessee Titans. After his playing days, George was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame (Ohio State), and pursued his passion as a landscape architect. He is co-founder of EDGE, a leading landscape architecture firm based in Tennessee and Ohio. With projects ranging from retail and office spaces to college campuses and entire communities, the company currently enjoys regional market expertise across the Midwest and South.

As a designer on more than 90 episodes of HGTV's hit series "Designed to Sell" and 50 episodes of "Bang for Your Buck," Pedersen has quickly become a trusted name in design and renovation. The Chicago-based Pedersen, who preaches beauty and function, is also well known for her appearances as an expert on NBC's "Today" show as well as "HGTV Dream Home," "House Hunter's Great Escapes," the "Steve Harvey Show" and many others. She released her first design book, "Make It Beautiful," in 2012.

The highly successful and established contestants on "American Dream Builders" will showcase their talents and inspire America to create their own dream home. The winner will receive a grand prize of $250,000.

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The stately old home on Oakridge Avenue had gone without attention for a while.

Walls were cracked and moldy, support beams were rotted, paint and wallpaper were peeling, ceilings sagged and parts of the foundation were crumbling.

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