The Lower East Side is looking on the Plus side. The long-promised “+ POOL” — a futuristic floating swimming pool designed to buoy bathers in the East River — will open off Pier 35 along the Lower ...

As recently as the 1940s, New Yorkers swam in floating pools in the Hudson and East rivers. A safer alternative to swimming directly in the river, the municipal baths kept residents cool in hot summer ...

It's a hot summer day, you're sweaty and uncomfortable, and there's a river full of cool, clear water right beside you. Do you jump in? Not if you're in New York City ...

Floating swimming pools seem to be becoming a thing. Last year we looked at the +Pool concept to install just this sort of thing on one of New York's rivers - a concept that engineering consultancy ...

Chicago’s newest harbor at 31st Street has less than half of its boat slips filled, but is about to make a splash. A floating swimming pool, a pool deck and washroom facilities are under construction, ...

The City of North Vancouver is set to build a floating swimming platform along its waterfront that will feature a salt water ...

TRI-CITIES, Tenn. (WJHL) When it comes to beating the summer heat, hitting the pools is almost second nature. One local group is working to make sure that water safety is on the forefront of every ...

Floating swim platforms are back in place for the summer, giving Santa Barbara County beachgoers a fun spot to swim and gather along the South Coast. Anchored offshore near Carpinteria State Beach and ...

So far this year, more than 40 Texas kids have drowned, including three siblings recently pulled from an apartment complex pool in Irving. One North Texas swim instructor is taking an approach that’s ...

Ciel & Terre Japan has deployed a floating solar plant on the swimming pool of a school on the Japanese island of Kyushu. Local developer ELM says the project could be extended to more than 6,000 ...

Reporting from NEW YORK — On hot summer days, Dong-Ping Wong does what many New Yorkers do; he heads to the riverfront. But then he wants to do what only die-hards would do: go for a swim. “There’s ...