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Swimming pools coming to Park Avenue in NYC

by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) on Jul 31st 2010 at 2:00PM

Ever want to swim in a dumpster on Park Avenue? Now's your chance.

Summers in New York City can be sweltering. "Hot town, summer in the city" and all that. So the New York city government has teamed up with Vamos Architects and Marco-Sea, producer of converted dumpsters, to offer swimming on one of the city's grandest avenues. After the dumpster pools proved so popular in Brooklyn last year, they've made a comeback. Perhaps this is the start of a new tradition?

The pools will be open the first three Saturdays of August on Park Avenue between 40th and 41st St. Park Avenue will be closed to traffic, so you can swim in peace. The sponsors are reassuring the public that the dumpsters are clean, but having swum in enough public pools in New York, I can't guarantee the water will be 100% urine free.

Photo courtesy Macro-Sea and Vamos Architects.

Filed under: North America, United States

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

John Aug 9th 2010 2:12PM

HAHAHAHA how cool. Thanks for posting this, I got a kick out of it. Now all they need are some pool covers - http://www.swimtownpools.com/swimming_pool_covers_s/1280.htm - for those bad boys.

Cheappoolstuffs Mar 21st 2011 11:28PM

This is nice. A pool on a park. I'm sure everybody will love it. Now, They will be needing pool products. To know more about the best and affordable pool products please visit this site: http://cheappoolstuffs.livejournal.com/

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