Category: Swimming Pools
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Why Breaking Bad is Full of Swimming Pools
In Breaking Bad, why do terrible things keep happening around the swimming pools? Today let’s take a look at the secret symbolism of the pool and find out how this all-American fixture has been offering us a secret window into the story – and characters like Walter White and Gus Fring – all along.
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After double lot sold to separate owners, one of them erects fence through pool and garage
An Orlando homeowner owned a second lot next to the house. He added a pool that straddled the property lines. Then, following foreclosure, the two lots were sold to different owners, one of whom erected a fence. Over the pool. Through the garage. Via boingboing
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Preparing Kennewick city pool for swimming
City of Kennewick employees paint the Kenneth E. Serier Memorial Pool in preparation for the swimming season opener on June 15 in Kennewick.
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London Aquatics Centre to host 2019 World Para-swimming Championships
London is to host the 2019 World Para-swimming Championships. The competition will take place at the London Aquatics Centre from 9-15 September after original hosts Malaysia were stripped of the right to host the event. Around 600 swimmers from 60 nations are set to take part in the Championships, which is a qualifier for the…
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A swimming pool in the Anacostia? Study calls it ‘feasible’
A swimming pool in the Anacostia River? An environmental study shows the idea is achievable. The Anacostia Waterfront Trust [AWT], DC Department of Energy and Environment [DOEE] and SmithGroup, an architectural engineering firm, all contributed to a study that assessed the feasibility of a river swimming pool project. Photo by cabin in the hood
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This Indiana company will install a sunken living room, swim-up bar, or spa in your pool
An Indiana pool company is giving customers an experience like no other. Thursday Pools just unveiled plans to create the world’s first “sunken living room fiberglass” pool. Yes, you read that right. And you don’t just have the option to add a mini living/dining room — the press release says you can also purchase a…
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Why Budapest Is The Thermal Bath Capital Of The World
Often referred to as the “City of Spas,” Budapest sits on over 100 hot springs that feed into over a dozen thermal baths, many of which date back centuries. One of the more well-known baths was built by the Turks in 1566. All across the city, visitors can experience a variety of thermal bath experiences,…
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