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If you grew up in East Dallas, you most certainly swam at Tietze Pool at some point in your life. There’s nothing fancy about it, but being the hub of the neighborhood during peak summer heat makes it an East Dallas gem the neighborhood has fought to protect.

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It was 1924 when the City of Dallas paid $16,797.94 for about five acres of land from Mr. Boyd Keith and Charles C. Huff, and proceeded to turn pasturelands into what was then known as Keith Park, according to city records. Six years later, the city spent $1,400 to build a junior swimming pool, which became an immediate hit with neighbors, leading to a spike in attendance at the park.

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It wasn’t until 1934 when Tietze Park got the name we know today, inspired by W.R. Tietze, who championed the city’s recreation as superintendent of parks from 1896-1933. Under his watch, the city invested more into parks and pools than any other time in its history, earning him naming rights on one of East Dallas’ most popular parks.

In 1945 Tietze Park nearly doubled in size with the addition of four acres purchased for $28,105 from J.R. Noble, Charles Cobb and Howard Hicks. The city quickly made plans to build a full-sized pool, since swimmers were wary of the water conditions at White Rock Lake and nearby Fair Park Pool often was over-crowded. For a total of $41,556 ($507,477.61 in today’s dollars), the Tietze pool opened in 1946 and citywide pool attendance jumped from 323,227 to 484,476. (It should be noted that Grauwyler Pool in northwest Dallas also opened that year.)

Tietze has lasted longer than many of Dallas’ other swimming pools, largely due to its strong attendance level, which dropped to a low of 4,268 in 2004 before rebounding to its highest levels in recent decades with 14,292 swimmers in 2012.

With an influx of $2.6 million (see page 51), Tietze’s next chapter is just getting started.