Nine years ago, New Yorkers were promised a floating, self-filtering pool on the East River, but all they’ve gotten so far is a floating light sculpture. Plus Pool Light has been installed, ...

On a dreary Thursday night in the Seaport District of Manhattan, a bright blue plus sign illuminates the East River. The floating structure, called Plus Pool Light, is an offshoot project of Plus Pool ...

The journey from having a neat idea to actually realizing it can be long and arduous, as shown by the + Pool. Some 13 years after we first saw it, the plan to creating a floating and self-filtering ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. In clean renderings, people are doing something most New ...

A rendering of the Plus Pool in the East River — the actual test pool slated to open in 2025 will be smaller. Photo: + Pool I was doing water-quality measurements in New York and the founders came to ...

The Lower East Side is looking on the Plus side. The long-promised “+ POOL” — a futuristic floating swimming pool designed to buoy bathers in the East River — will open off Pier 35 along the Lower ...

Seven years after pitching their idea, the young designers behind +Pool are ready to build. Is the city ready to let them? How a Giant Plus-Shaped Pool Could Make New York’s East River Safe For ...

There is finally a city-approved spot for the long-proposed floating Plus Pool to drop anchor in the East River, just north of the Manhattan Bridge on the Lower East Side. This is the first rendering ...