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Magazine Beach is a riverside park in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the left bank of the Charles River, across Memorial Drive from Cambridgeport. The other side of the river has Agganis Arena and other Boston University facilities.
Magazine Beach is Cambridge's second largest park,[1] being about 15 acres (6.1 ha)[2] stretching along the river from Pleasant Street to the BU Bridge. The park includes a free outdoor swimming pool (Veteran's Memorial Pool) as well as ball fields, exercise equipment, picnic areas, and other typical urban park features. The Paul Dudley White Bike Path runs through the park.
The park's namesake, a gunpowder magazine from 1818, is in the park. It is the oldest building in the Charles River Reservation.
There was a swimming beach at the park in the early and mid 20th century, attracting about 60,000 swimmers in a season,[3] but swimming in the Charles River became dangerous due to pollution, and was forbidden in 1949.[4]
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