As the coronavirus ebbs and resurges through a hot summer, swimming in Toronto’s public pools beckons as a simple balm
Mr. Surve isn’t alone. Louise Garfield – renowned producer, choreographer and performer, 66 – roams the reopening city to find an empty lane to lap in. “Did you ever watch? With Burt Lancaster?” she asks, meaning the strange 1968 flick in which a suburban stud named Ned Merrill swims home from a party, hopping from private pool to private pool. “That’s me.” Since reopening, she has waited an hour in 35-degree heat to swim for 45 minutes. “Sometimes I get in, and sometimes I don’t.
As COVID-19 ebbs and resurges through a hot summer and a nerve-racking reopening, swimming in public pools beckons as a simple balm. Alas, in a pandemic, even a quick dip is a complicated plunge. Drake posted a video of his new backyard pool in Toronto’s Bridle Path neighbourhood at the end of May, while shut-in Toronto wilted in a late spring heat wave. “Hope everybody in the city is just enjoyin’ the beautiful day,” he added. He made his money on his own, so he got off lightly for flaunting his privilege. The pool is roughly the size of the North Atlantic; he’s on record saying he wants to own the largest residential pool in human captivity. He already has an indoor pool .
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