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 plan for a floating swimming pool in New York City’s waterways moved one step closer to reality Friday after Gov. Kathy Hochul announced her support — and $12 million in public funding — for the ...

After a decade of efforts to bring a floating pool to the East River, a statewide investment in swimming is helping make +Pool a reality. In the 1970s, tight restrictions on beaches in New York Harbor ...

Ever wished you could swim on the bay without actually immersing yourself in the frigid, murky water? A new proposal would turn an old pier on the San Francisco waterfront into the Bay Area’s first ...

A floating swimming pool in one of New York City’s rivers, the subject of a more than decade-long political and fundraising push, will finally be built this year as part of a state and city push for ...

A 9,000-square-foot floating swimming pool will be making its debut in the East River this summer, but it won’t be open to public access until 2025. The X-shaped pool – a first of it’s kind – will ...