{"id":14108,"date":"2025-03-19T11:27:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=14108"},"modified":"2025-03-23T12:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T19:03:17","slug":"monroe-pool-closes-for-renovations-march-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=14108","title":{"rendered":"Monroe Pool Closes For Renovations March 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-sourcepos=\"1:1-1:207\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14110\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monroe-Street-Pool-renderings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monroe-Street-Pool-renderings.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monroe-Street-Pool-renderings-200x112.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"1:1-1:207\">(<em><strong>Editors&#8217; Note<\/strong>: A bot wrote this post. . . LOL. Yes, we&#8217;re that lazy<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"1:1-1:207\">Alright, <em>Carlsbadistan<\/em> your beloved (or begrudgingly tolerated) Monroe Street Pool is about to become a construction zone for a whopping 18 months. Yes, you read that right. EIGHTEEN. MONTHS.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"3:1-3:54\"><strong>Monroe Pool: Gone Swimming\u2026 Indefinitely (Sort Of)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"5:1-5:409\">So, what&#8217;s the deal? Apparently, our little local watering hole is getting a &#8220;glow-up.&#8221; Or, as I like to call it, a full-blown, tear-it-down-and-start-over extravaganza. They&#8217;re talking fancy-pants upgrades like &#8220;modernized locker rooms&#8221; (because apparently, the current ones were built sometime during the Jurassic period) and &#8220;energy-efficient upgrades&#8221; (because, you know, saving the planet is trendy now).<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"7:1-7:83\">Honestly, I&#8217;m just hoping they remember to put the water back in when they&#8217;re done.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"9:1-9:56\"><strong>But Wait, There&#8217;s More! (And It&#8217;s Called Alga Norte)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"11:1-11:214\">Don&#8217;t panic, fellow fishies! The city, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to point us all in the direction of Alga Norte Aquatic Center. Because apparently, we&#8217;re all just supposed to magically teleport there now.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"13:1-13:242\">Alga Norte, for those of you living under a rock, is like the Beyonce of pools. It&#8217;s got everything: competition pools, warm water pools, splash pads\u2026 basically, everything you need to pretend you&#8217;re on vacation while still stuck in Carlsbad.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"15:1-15:160\">Look, I get it. Renovations are necessary. But 18 months? That&#8217;s practically a lifetime in internet years. Just think of all the pool selfies we&#8217;ll miss out on!<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"17:1-17:23\"><strong>Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-sourcepos=\"19:1-23:0\">\n<li data-sourcepos=\"19:1-19:68\">Prepare for construction noise that will make your eardrums bleed.<\/li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"20:1-20:62\">Dust off those Alga Norte directions; you&#8217;re gonna need &#8217;em.<\/li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"21:1-21:130\">Start practicing your &#8220;I&#8217;m not bitter, just disappointed&#8221; face for when you see the finished product (if it ever gets finished).<\/li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"22:1-23:0\">Maybe start a petition to have the city provide free poolside margaritas at Alga Norte as compensation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"24:1-24:97\">In the meantime, I&#8217;ll be over here, practicing my synchronized complaining. Stay salty, <em>Carlsbadistan<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"26:1-26:128\"><strong>P.S.<\/strong> If anyone spots a rogue dinosaur fossil in the Monroe Pool construction zone, please let me know. I have some theories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Editors&#8217; Note: A bot wrote this post. . . LOL. Yes, we&#8217;re that lazy.) Alright, Carlsbadistan your beloved (or begrudgingly tolerated) Monroe Street Pool is about to become a construction zone for a whopping 18 months. Yes, you read that right. EIGHTEEN. MONTHS. Monroe Pool: Gone Swimming\u2026 Indefinitely (Sort Of) So, what&#8217;s the deal? Apparently, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14108"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14108"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14129,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14108\/revisions\/14129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}