The story behind +POOL, a plan for New York City’s first floating filtering pool, is already of those great urban stories of regular folks with big ideas and perseverance in droves. Beginning with a ...

Forget shlepping to Jones Beach or down the Jersey Shore. A Brooklyn design team said Tuesday that the East River could be the next great place for a summer swim. The backers of the floating Plus Pool ...

It's a hot summer day, you're sweaty and uncomfortable, and there's a river full of cool, clear water right beside you. Do you jump in? Not if you're in New York City ...

It’s a beautiful vision for a city surrounded by water: On a sweltering day in New York, you emerge from the concrete canyons of Manhattan, reach the vast East River and dive in without a second ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover travel, specializing in adventure and the great outdoors. A resort in the Lone Star State took a cue from a famed Lake ...