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No, this is not April Fools… A FLOATING POOL IS COMING TO THE EAST RIVER We met up with the team actually making it happen @pluspoolny They’re building a real pool that floats in the river and filters the water so people can actually swim in it safely. First section is already in the works. @newyorkers.live

Need a pool? Donjon Marine was honored to be part of this lift for @pluspoolny to start the project off on the right foot! #donjonmarine #chesapeake1000 #tugboat #tugboatsdaily #merchantmarine #heavylift #poolplusny #pool #crane #insta360x3

Our intermediate program swimmers are looking great! Want your child to learn to swim with us for free? Register at the link in bio!

🏊‍♀️ Aprendí a nadar a la vieja escuela, mis tios nos aventaban a la alberca y a ver si flotábamos. 🌊 La alberca de mi Mamá Yola era el centro de nuestras reuniones familiares, naturalmente si querias divertirte tenías que saber flotar y confiar en el agua. Mis recuerdos mas felices de la infancia fueron en la alberca de mi Mamá Yola con mis hermanos y mis primos, inventabamos toda clase de juegos y pasabamos todo el santo dia en la alberca juntos. 🤭 Uno de mis recuerdos más vívidos de la infancia fue cuando mi mamá @colettelib por fin venia a recogernos a mi y mis hermanos @astridmardonizzl @mardonizlib.luis , y la cantaleta de siempre era que no nos queríamos ir, y por supuesto que mi Mamá Yola tampoco quería que nos fuéramos––entonces nos decia “¡Aviéntense a la alberca con ropa! ¡Así no se los llevan!” 🤣 y nosotros como buenos nietos la obedecíamos cada vez, sin miedo a ahogarnos porque nuestros tíos nos habían enseñado a nadar. 🩵 Nadar para mi siempre ha significado alegría, familia, comunidad, y libertad. Por eso hoy me siento tan conectada a @pluspoolny y a su misión, porque quiero que el agua signifique lo mismo para otros niños, y quiero que el acceso al agua en nuestra ciudad sea posible para todos sin miedo, como cuando me lanzaba a la alberca con ropa. En este día de #internationalwatersafetyday consideren donar a la maravillosa misión de ➕ POOL—dar clases gratuitas de natación para los niños niuyorkinos 🗽🏊🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

It’s #internationalwatersafetyday and we want to give a big shoutout and thank you to our + POOL Bluefish Swim Instructors carrying the tradition of teaching kids to be water safe. Formal swim instruction reduces the risk of drowning, but for many NYC families the cost of lessons keeps these opportunities out of reach. That’s why + POOL has been committed to giving free summer lessons to kids who need it most since 2016. Want to get involved and swim to support this year’s program by swimming 100 laps on June 25th? Slide into our DMs or send an email to [email protected] Historical photo courtesy of NYC Department of Parks and Recreation photo archive. Photo dated March 31, 1947, swimming lessons at NYC public pools. Bring back spring swimming!

Gala Time! It's the Final Countdown!!! The countdown is ON. Less than one month until the + POOL Gala. On June 8 we’re gathering at WSA to celebrate the launch of POOL1, expand swim access for NYC youth, and toast everyone helping reconnect New Yorkers to the water around us. Huge gratitude to our early supporters: ) 📍 WSA, 61 Water Street 🗓 June 8 • 6–10 PM 🎟️ pluspool.com/gala 👀 Link in bio 🔗

🌎 🌆 Swimmable Cities Substack - Publicity & New Competitiveness Advantages We’ve harnessed different techniques to unlock the power of publicity for existing and aspiring swimmable cities. While it might be tempting to continually beat the drum of waterways never being clean enough, and political leaders never being bold enough, we favour ‘progress over perfection’ and the ‘carrot’ over the ‘stick’. 🛣️ 🚴‍♀️ 🏊‍♀️ Discover our latest Substack article on the #Road2Baku for the 13th World Urban Forum. 🔗 Subscribe via the Bio Link @swimmable_cities #HousingTheWorld #Baku2026 #SwimmableCities #Swimmability

As part of our capacity building efforts we were able to offer one of our Bluefish after school lifeguards, Lucas, the chance to become an instructor after he was inspired seeing the instructors in the program. Today he teaching his first class! Nice group formation, so he can see and respond to everyone. That’s all part of @americanredcross WSI training. #internationalwatersafetyday

We had an incredible time at the @nysunworks 15th Annual Discovering Sustainability Science Youth Conference! Our team was proud to present + POOL’s mission and share how innovation, environmental science, and community action can help build a cleaner, more sustainable future. Connecting with students, educators, and fellow changemakers was an inspiring reminder that the next generation is ready to lead. We saw students studying microplastics in soil, building apps for urban farming and stimulating photosynthesis, to name a few. Thank you to NY Sun Works for having us—we’re always excited to help empower young minds through sustainability, water science, and big ideas. #science #changemakers #environment

Huge thanks to our 16 incredible volunteers with our East River Trash Club who joined us at Pier 35 this past weekend for the @riverkeeper Statewide Riversweep! Together, we helped protect NYC’s waterfront, clear harmful debris from the shoreline, and prove that small actions create real impact. Our wildest find? Enough car parts to practically open our own auto body shop. Are you part of a group that wants to join us for an East River Trash Club event over the summer? Write to [email protected] to get involved.

🌎 🌆 Swimmable Cities Substack - The Advocates at the heart of the Movement, who just won’t give up! Advocates and Activists in cities around the world represent the beating heart of the international urban swimming and nature rights movements. They choose not to accept the status quo. Instead, they stand up and use their voices (amplified by megaphones and social media) to remind us of our Right to Swim and the Rights of Nature. 🛣️ 🚴‍♀️ 🏊‍♀️ Discover our latest Substack article on the #Road2Baku for the 13th World Urban Forum. 🔗 Subscribe via the Bio Link #HousingTheWorld #Baku2026 #SwimmableCities #Swimmability

🏞️ 🏙️ Building better housing, building investment pipelines 💰 Cities around the world are making bold commitments to accelerate homebuilding, and urban swimming infrastructure is the perfect community amenity contribution. Here’s some essentials that should developer’s should consider for their public open space list: - Multi-level Diving platforms - Children-friendly splash area - Swimming lanes - Universal access points for people with limited mobility - Sauna & Steam rooms - Floating parkland - Kayaking access points - Community event space (with yoga & wellbeing program) - Pop-Up cafe - And more! 🛣️ 🚴‍♀️ 🏊‍♀️ Join us on the #Road2Baku as we explore the vital connections between housing, quality of life and urban swimming infrastructure. And don’t forget that the International Day of Biodiversity is coming up on May 22 and this year’s theme is ‘Acting Locally for Global Impact’. Learn more at: https://www.cbd.int/biodiversity-day/2026 #WUF13 #HousingTheWorld #Baku2026 #SwimmableCities Swimmability Photo: Guided Tour of a Future beach, Rijnhavn, Rotterdam; led by Lucas Vroom at the City of Rotterdam, Swimmable Cities Summit, captured by Jan de Groen.