The Bay Area is one step closer to getting its first public floating pool, though challenges remain for the waterfront development just south of the Bay Bridge. Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...