Empty swimming pool at the abandoned North Shore Beach & Yacht Club

A quick tour of the empty swimming pool at the abandoned North Shore Yacht Club at the Salton Sea in the middle of the desert in California. This is a popular spot with skaters.

Bask in its glory. The North Shore Yacht Club is an historically significant--not to mention architecturally significant--part of California's legacy. The North Shore Yacht club was the whimsical design of noted architect Albert Frey, who just happened to be a resident of the Coachella Valley. Completed in 1958 by developers Ray Ryan and Trav Rogers, North Shore Beach Yacht Club was one of the largest marinas in Southern California and carried a price tag of $2 million. Celebrities like The Beach Boys, Jerry Lewis, and the Marx Brothers partied there and / or docked boats at the marina.

Renovation of the old Yacht Club on the North Shore of the Salton Sea; the Albert Frey building will be restored and turned into a community center and child care facility. The $3.5 million project will create 80 construction jobs.

The Salton Sea was recently featured on Life After People on the History Channel.

I have several hundred Salton Sea photos - including many of what is seen in this video - on my Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/slworking/sets/72157605264326878/

Skaters: This pool has since been removed and the building has been renovated.

Grand reopening of the Salton Sea History Museum. Now located at 72-120 S. Lincoln Street (end of road across creek), Mecca, CA 92254

News video: http://www.kesq.com/video/30403959/index.html

Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Salton-Sea-History-Museum/125597164130869

Museum homepage: http://www.saltonseamuseum.org/

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[darkteen666]

hi like your video of the abandoned swimming pool.

ive just made a video of a abandoned swimming pool Newcastle road baths in Sunderland uk.

have a look if u wont and see what u think.

[slworking2]

@darkteen666 Thx. I'll have a look at your video soon.

[tom3999]

is that really a pool, or is it accutally a constructed bowl?

[slworking2]

@tom3999 When this place was built back in 1960, this was an actual swimming pool that the Yacht Club members bathed in. Once the Yacht Club was abandoned, skaters discovered that the pool happened to also be an awesome pool to skate. I've seen vids - search around here on YouTube - of professional skating events held here. Today the pool has been filled-in (too much risk of a lawsuit for the current owners) and the building has reopened as a museum and community center.

[duwatiwant009]

HAHA omg i went hear this last monday on the 4th haha we were ditching from school, i tried to skate it but that thing is fucking steep lol. And whats that you said the pool is gonna be filled in later????

[breadboyplaysguitar]

would make a good skating area

[Jaspierrrr]

why the f*ck do i search youtube for 'empty pool' at 1am?

[lalo6210]

I went there 2 days ago, the people that work at the restored center say no one comes by, and the ones that do come because of the pool but find nothing there..I smoked a joint and remembered the times we used to skate that place, it is a land mark on every skater that ever visited that pool, so with all do respect FUCK WHOEVER COVERED IT UP!!!it backfired NO ONE GOES ANYMORE THANX DUMBFUCKS!

[slworking2]

@lalo6210 The pool is now gone, but the building has been restored.

[lalo6210]

@slworking2 That was my sanctuary, and the place still remains.

[Sodiumreactor]

@slworking2 speed boats, jetskis, water skiing para sailing, hell every water sport known to man. That sea is huge compared to most lakes in cali. A fortune is waiting.