Asser Levy Recreation Center
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The Asser Levy Recreation Center is a recreational facility in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, composed of the Asser Levy Public Baths and Asser Levy Playground. It is bounded
The main entrance seen in 2010
One of the formerly gender-segregated entrances to the bathhouse
Outdoor pool
Public bathing
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Public baths originated when most people in population centers did not have access to private bathing facilities. Though termed "public", they have often been restricted according to gender, religious
Asser Levy Recreation Center
…survey found that there was one bathtub on the Lower East Side for every 79 families. Progressive social reformers pushed for the construction of public bathhouses modeled on those of ancient Rome. In 1895, the state passed a law requiring that localities build public baths. At the time, floating baths still existed…
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