Cuscaden Park (Tampa, Florida)

 park, swimming pool, place with historical importance

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Construction on the park was provided by workers of the WPA and took place in April of 1935.
Built on land donated by Arthur Cuscaden, who moved to Tampa in 1878 and planted some of the first orange orchards in the area.
Major league baseball players Al Lopez, Tony La Russa, Lou Piniella and Tony Saladino all played youth baseball at the park. Tennis champ Judy Alvarez also played at Cuscaden as a youth.
In 1937 the city built the above-ground, oval pool on 15th Street through the Works Progress Administration of President Franklin Roosevelt. Designed by architect Wesley Bintz, Cuscaden is one of the few remaining Bintz pools in the country. The two-story red-brick facility now has lockers and classrooms on the first floor.