Comments on: Fleishhacker Pool – A Strange Journey Through S.F. History

By: Albert Amolo

Albert Amolo — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:58:18 +0000

Aloha from Hawaii Johnathan, I just wanted to say thank you for putting this site together.It brought back fond memories of me and my mom. I remember her bringing me there when I was a kid and tasting the salt water in my mouth, LOL. I don’t know if you remember one time they actually shutdown due to finding a baby shark in the pool. I don’t remember if it was placed in the pool or if it was the Intake filters. Anyways, Just wanted to say thanks (Mahalo’s) for the great site. Aloha….

By: Patrick F. Cunneen

Patrick F. Cunneen — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:27:04 +0000

Why has no one commented on Mac’s Hitchrack (Mac Fetritch)Sp? It was a tavern/breakfast spot across the street from the pool. It was a integrel part for those that hung out at Fleisshacker’s. A family with three boys who were swimmers helped run the joint and were regular swimmers.

By: Jonathan Haeber

Jonathan Haeber — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:10:04 +0000

Thank you all for your experiences! Keep them coming. I love hearing from people who were there when it was an active pool.

–Jon

By: Norene Balovich

Norene Balovich — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:01:52 +0000

Hi, thanks for this….makes me very sad. My sister and I took swim lessons at the pool. I hated every minute of it…it was absolutely freezing cold. I can still remember the way the SF Zoo use to be….how the restroom smelled on “Pinesol” and attendants standing there constantly cleaning and picking up in their black/white uniforms..as well as the pool, Playland at the Beach and the Cliff House. I am so sadened that things have to change and that our children will never see our true treaures. We lived on 47th Ave a block away from the beach and tunnel. At the end of our block was Roberts at the Beach where they housed the horses. Every now and then the horses would get loose and run down our block….our block was sand dunes until they completed the paving of the street. Thanks for the journey!

By: John Rosenberg

John Rosenberg — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:04:04 +0000

I was a lifeguard at fleishhacker’s from 1958 through 1961, when it was run by the City Park and Rec. We had a great time, althought the weather could be a problem. Now at age 70, my memories are all good ones.

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By: BlueEyes

BlueEyes — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:27:31 +0000

I was going through my mom old albums and we so a postcard of it. And we wondered if it was still there. She went there as a kid with her mom dad. My daughter was looking with me and wanted to go there. Then we got home looked on the net and was gone how sad, it should have been rebuilt, there all ways money in the system for stuff, for a landmark it would be worth it. Get rid of some unneeded stuff like the WASL. Then theres ton of money, I may get bitched at for say that but o ~well In my option dum test. That was a cool looking place and be a money maker. Just Like shaker you money maker. Lol.

By: weeza

weeza — Wed, 13 May 2009 04:13:29 +0000

I so want to go there on a photography mission of mine next month, but I’m sure it’s illegal and dangerous to enter, but it’s so tempting

By: Julie Marin

Julie Marin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:18:01 +0000

As a young child my Mother, a life long San Franciscan had brought us from the suburbss (Fremont) to swin and socialize at Fleishhackers Pool. It was emmense, especially for a young child. I was probably no more than 7-8 years old but have memories of the pool, the salt water, the many lifeguards, changing booths, and the pool side furniture.

My recent interest was rekindled when I went back to the Zoo recenttly. I remembered the pool house but had no idea that the parking lot was actually the structure of the pool itself. It does lend a sense of awe to the vast space rareely seen in todays society for such a venue.

What a sad thing it is to have lost this treasure; a monument to engineering. the stories of the decline of the Pool House are amazing. It is a horrible thing that the space is so under used and that while the homeless are using it, the possibilities had so much merit. Sad indeed.

I hope some day, in my lifetime that this historical gem can be returned to its former glory. Now THAT would be something to work for.