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The Barton Springs bathhouse renovation went from a $9.3 million estimate to $22 million, with the rotunda still shut until at least December. Meanwhile, a practical guide to the parking-lot quick change.
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A founder on the Barton Springs hill wants to sell 'priority swim windows' for a pool he does not own, run, or apparently understand. I listened to the whole pitch while dripping on his deck.
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Barton Springs' old five-dollar cash drop, cooler-on-the-grass freedom, and no-questions-asked laps have been replaced by an app demanding your wristband size, $27 peak-hour access, and ambassadors enforcing a 'mindful splashing' policy.
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The gate attendant scanned my resident card, frowned, then charged me $41 for a day pass that included 'enhanced chill access' and a mandatory QR waiver; in 2001 the same trip was three crumpled dollars, a towel that smelled like chlorine for a week, and the quiet satisfaction of knowing you'd outsmarted August.
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Breaking down Sno-Beach's current menu at the purple trailer on Sterzing Street where a small hits four dollars and the jumbo tub seven, set against late-90s pricing that matched a gallon of milk, all while tracking the 3 p.m. elementary school rush and post-pool family math near Barton Springs.
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Barton Springs was free, then $3, then $5, then $9. The water stayed the same. We didn't.
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