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 ...

A towering 34-foot mechanical seahorse hooked not only the “Director Award” for design at this year's Rose Parade — Guinness ...

This + POOL rendering, designed by PLAYLAB, INC. & Family New York, shows a proposed floating pool off the Brooklyn Bridge Park shoreline in New York. New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced ...

Next summer, say Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams, the long-discussed floating swimming pool in the East River, called “+ POOL” will be tested out off of the Lower East Side’s Pier 35 (which is just south ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — A plan for a floating ...

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 ...

According to the Caribbean Journal, the Caribbean's newest (and first!) floating taco bar just debuted in the waters 200 feet off St. John's Hansen Bay Beach. Lime Out VI opened its doors to all ...

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 ...

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 ...

This watery venture just scored a formal street address in the middle of the East River. Futuristic floating swimming-hole project Plus Pool (+ Pool) has officially been given a city-approved location ...

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, ...