Category: Swimming Pools

A city spokesman tells us the gym roof is now done, and they’re just finishing repairs in the pool bathrooms.

As the long, hot, dry and smokey summer of 2017 in the Vancouver region draws to an unofficial but merciful end, I am grateful for a particular public amenity that in my adult life I could pretty much take or leave: the public swimming pool. I also owe a debt of gratitude to my eight-year-old…

Our ODAC-winning swim teams were the first to jump into the new natatorium, and we were there with a whole bunch of cameras.

The New Hope city pool has been around for more than 50 years. But it might be replaced with a new city hall and police station. A new outdoor pool could be built on the current city hall site, but those plans are uncertain and residents who use the current pool are voicing concerns.

A popular swimming pool in Vallejo is shutting down after 68 years of summer fun. Al that fun will be just a memory at the Vallejo Plunge soon. The local landmark has been open since 1949. “I took swimming classes here when I was 10 – I took summer swimming classes,” says Vallejo resident Breah…

First it was the personal automobile: Simply tap on a smartphone and, presto! A limousine, with driver, could be summoned to wherever you are. Then it was the private home, transformed into a makeshift hotel with a few clicks of the mouse. Now making a splash in the “sharing economy”: the backyard swimming pool. https://youtu.be/rjR4figpzdA https://youtu.be/foqjvhkeAuA…

Thousands of gallons of water, no way out.

Paris has always been generous to its summer dwellers. Fifteen years ago, it launched Paris-Plages, a beachlike setup on the Seine river to entertain Parisians who can’t get away during the summer months. The riverbank expressway shuts down for a month to make room for chaise lounges, umbrellas, kids’ games, concerts, pop-up restaurants and cafés.…