Weichman Family Choice For First Dog
As you can see by the photo above we are recommending to the President elect that he go with the Portuguese Water Dog as the first dog! Having one in our family for the past 2 years has brought many happy hours to my family. It has also brought several items that have been destroyed, what can I say our dog Maverick is still a puppy! His record in our family pool is 6 hours of swimming, fortunately the White House does have a swimming pool, the swimming pool and cabana were installed in 1975 by Gerald Ford, an avid swimmer. Ford didn't want to evict the White House press corps in order to refurbish the indoor swimming pool under the Press Briefing Room. When it was complete, President Ford showed off for the press and continued to use it frequently. Jack Ford immediately took scuba diving lessons in it. A cabana was later added to provide a changing area and showers and to screen the pool from the West Wing. An underground passage was even created from to allow the first family to get to the cabana from the West Wing ground floor without going outside.
Later, Amy Carter practiced her diving technique here. Barbara Bush was one of the pool's most frequent users, despite once having discovered a rat sharing the water. Hillary Clinton also enjoyed it (she considered renovating the indoor pool and moving the press to a new facility). The Clintons also installed an outdoor spa.
In 2002, as part of usual renovations and a new effort to make the White House more eficient, the cabana was renovated: extra were windows added, the roof was raised, and a solar array was put on top.
The solar thermal array uses water heated in pipes by the sun; not photovoltaic cells creating electricity. It provides hot water to the cabana. What is not used there is used to heat the outdoor spa installed by the Clintons. Remaining heat is used to help heat the pool.
The solar array was designed to blend in with the roof of the cabana and, even on close inspection, appear no more obtrusive than a skylight. James Doherty, an architect with the National Park Service White House Liaison Office, managed the solar installations. Since the White House grounds were designated a national park, the NPS has responsibility for and jurisdiction over the lawn, gardens, and buildings. Additional solar arrays were added to the maintenance building in the southwest corner of the South Lawn, directly south of the swimming pool.
Prior to 1975, this area was just part of the south lawn, screened on the west side by trees and bushes.
Mr. President elect please consider the Weichman's vote for the new first puppy to be cast for the Portuguese Water Dog!
Larry has over 15 years of experience in Bank Repos and Short Sales and non foreclosed real estate, my clients include General Electric Mortgage, Home Savings, Associates Finance, Transamerica. Current clients include Bank of America, Ocwen Financial Corporation, Countrywide and Keystone Asset Management to name a few. Larry is President of Weichman Associates located in Costa Mesa California. He has sold real estate since 1976 and is a 3rd generation Real Estate Broker. Larry has closed escrow on over 1,000 properties; from townhomes to commercial buildings. Please be sure to visit us on the Internet at TeamWeichman.com, OCHomeTracker.com or OCRepoBroker.com or you can call me at 714-241-4532
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