It’s a beautiful vision for a city surrounded by water: On a sweltering day in New York, you emerge from the concrete canyons of Manhattan, reach the vast East River and dive in without a second ...

Some 14 years after we first reported on it – and following multiple challenges and false starts – the ambitious plan to create a self-filtering floating public pool in a New York City river is now ...

Left: + POOL water filtration unit demonstration project at Pier 35, 2024. Engineered by Arup. Right: + POOL rendering at Pier 35. Designed by Family New York & Playlab, Inc. (Luxigon) At the press ...

Construction has begun on a floating swimming pool that will be located in New York City's East River. The attraction, named "+ Pool", will be anchored by Pier 35, just north of the Manhattan and ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A new pool in the East River using filtered river water could be the next summer hot spot. The floating pool in the East River is a step closer to becoming a reality. It has ...

Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul made a splash Wednesday, announcing the final location for the city’s first-of-its-kind floating swimming pool. The water-filtering pool, called + POOL, will ...

There will soon be a new filtered floating pool in New York City waters. The pool will be located at Pier 35 near Manhattan's Lower East Side. But, before that, the city is partnering with the state ...

Participants in the annual Great Ohio River Swim in 2022. The annual Great Ohio River Swim is scheduled for this Sunday, with up to 250 people expected to swim from the Cincinnati bank to Kentucky and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. Over one hundred years ago, the Paris Olympic Games of 1900 held its ...

WASHINGTON — The Seine River has been an integral part of the Paris Olympics, serving as the main attraction for the Opening Ceremony and the scheduled site for an array of open-water swimming events.