{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Urbanism"],"cover":{"alt":"Tarzan’s Giant Swimming Pool","height":720,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/tarzan-swimming-pool/tarzan-swimming-pool.jpg","width":1200},"credit":"","date":"2012-01-20T11:21:02Z","description":"The abandoned swimming pool Piscine Molitor in Paris, which was inaugurated by famous swimmer and Tarzan actor Johnny Weissmuller, will be destroyed this year. This is a tribute to the olympic champ!","html":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1929, \u003cstrong\u003eJohnny Weissmuller\u003c/strong\u003e, an Austrian-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor best known for playing Tarzan in movies, inaugurated the \u003cem\u003ePiscine Molitor\u003c/em\u003e (also known as the Piscines Auteuil-Molitor or the Grands établissements balnéaires d\u0026rsquo;Auteuil) swimming pool in Paris (what is why I call it Tarzan’s swimming pool). As well as the beautiful \u003ca href=\"/rero-la-jarry-paris/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Jarry\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, this wonderful Art Deco building, which hosted the popular introduction of the bikini by Louis Réard in 1946, is planned to be destroyed in 2012!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"the-4-star-tarzan-swimming-pool\"\u003eThe 4-star Tarzan Swimming Pool\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstead of that great, abandoned Art Deco design atmosphere, the new investors leased the property for 54 years (for round about €64.8 million) and are going to build a 4-star hotel, a health center, and a medical center, as well as retail, restaurants, and parking facilities, what’s in my eyes is completely incomprehensible.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor that reason half French, half Hungarian, Los Angeles based artist \u003cstrong\u003eMambo\u003c/strong\u003e created a giant swimming pool collage, as a giant tribute to the olympic champ as well as a bridge between this golden era and today. The documenting video (see above) also gives some great insights into the building itself and makes me wonder why on earth someone would destroy such a nice place which was intensely used by urban artists, urban explorers and for \u003ca href=\"/bike-polo-urban-sport/\"\u003ebike polo\u003c/a\u003e\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more info about the \u003cem\u003ePiscine Molitor\u003c/em\u003e, check out the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscine_Molitor\"\u003eWikipedia article\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1220\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1220\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1220\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Paris_hu_f5f71fc1d6f1bc36.avif 480w, /tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Paris_hu_dcdf925606a62d38.avif 960w, /tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Paris_hu_dd72ac40b645da65.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Paris_hu_f1b990469957343b.webp 480w, /tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Paris_hu_26d5cbc6bf397d79.webp 960w, /tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Paris_hu_bd8d11a550e018fe.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Paris_hu_15d9276be6f64fde.jpg\" srcset=\"/tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Paris_hu_19c1b6ccb30bd42a.jpg 480w, /tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Paris_hu_cfd92953b984818d.jpg 960w, /tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Paris_hu_15d9276be6f64fde.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"955\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1224\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1224\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1224\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Swimming-Pool_hu_7fc5f48a07da7a0f.avif 480w, /tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Swimming-Pool_hu_34ce373eca946282.avif 960w, /tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Swimming-Pool_hu_a67a3267ffe1e3fe.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Swimming-Pool_hu_6e6b3aff2d5029cc.webp 480w, /tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Swimming-Pool_hu_fd0c59926e9ee3a9.webp 960w, /tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Swimming-Pool_hu_9e6b79d384de5cda.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Swimming-Pool_hu_f661bb0211faa1e.jpg\" srcset=\"/tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Swimming-Pool_hu_4e58090172fab53.jpg 480w, /tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Swimming-Pool_hu_e58f72239161d606.jpg 960w, /tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Swimming-Pool_hu_f661bb0211faa1e.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"958\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\nPhotos by \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/jocker-creaktif/5287711685/in/photostream/\"\u003eAxel Corjon\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ros-k/5973390937/in/photostream/\"\u003eVincent Ros\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nIn 1929, **Johnny Weissmuller**, an Austrian-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor best known for playing Tarzan in movies, inaugurated the *Piscine Molitor* (also known as the Piscines Auteuil-Molitor or the Grands établissements balnéaires d'Auteuil) swimming pool in Paris (what is why I call it Tarzan’s swimming pool). As well as the beautiful [*La Jarry*](/rero-la-jarry-paris/), this wonderful Art Deco building, which hosted the popular introduction of the bikini by Louis Réard in 1946, is planned to be destroyed in 2012!\n\n\n## The 4-star Tarzan Swimming Pool\n\n\nInstead of that great, abandoned Art Deco design atmosphere, the new investors leased the property for 54 years (for round about €64.8 million) and are going to build a 4-star hotel, a health center, and a medical center, as well as retail, restaurants, and parking facilities, what’s in my eyes is completely incomprehensible.\n\nFor that reason half French, half Hungarian, Los Angeles based artist **Mambo** created a giant swimming pool collage, as a giant tribute to the olympic champ as well as a bridge between this golden era and today. The documenting video (see above) also gives some great insights into the building itself and makes me wonder why on earth someone would destroy such a nice place which was intensely used by urban artists, urban explorers and for [bike polo](/bike-polo-urban-sport/)...\n\nFor more info about the *Piscine Molitor*, check out the [Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscine_Molitor)!\n\n![](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Paris.jpg\u003e) ![](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/tarzan-swimming-pool/Piscine-Molitor-Swimming-Pool.jpg\u003e) \nPhotos by [Axel Corjon](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jocker-creaktif/5287711685/in/photostream/) and [Vincent Ros](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ros-k/5973390937/in/photostream/).\n","tags":["Urban Planning","Johnny Weissmuller","European Urbanism","Street Art Paris"],"title":"Tarzan’s Giant Swimming Pool","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/tarzan-swimming-pool/"}