The Long Island City or Astoria waterfront might become the home of a floating pool that will filter water from the East River to become safe and swimmable water.
The designers behind +POOL, the world’s first water-filtering, floating pool, has reached the next step into making their design into reality as they announced they will be looking at 10 locations across the city as potential homes for their pool, first reported by Curbed.
+POOL, which brings collaborators from design offices Family and PlayLab, plans a pool area “for everyone” as it brings four pools into one plus-sign-shaped complex, including a kid’s pool, sports pool, lap pool and lounge pool.
Described “like a giant strainer,” according to the +Pool official website, the floating pool will filter the river water within its walls, removing bacteria, contaminants and odors.
Of the 10 locations being looked at, one is the Hunters Point in Long Island City, while the other is Hallets Point in Astoria.
According to a +POOL representative, they will look into the water conditions at both Queens sites to understand the depth, access points, navigable channels, 100-year flood wave heights, current speeds, tidal elevation and harbor conditions.
Water quality testing for sites that might be able to accommodate +POOL will include testing various parameters to understand how +POOL’s filtration system will support the site, the representative said.
9 comments:
With all of the city beaches that we have, they want to build a pool on a river ???!!
LOL! What a smart idea. During the next big storm it will all get washed away or polluted with raw sewage.
Hipsters need not worry. It all sounds good. So the baby gets to swim with effluent. Whose on turd? Whats's on second?
I thought Astoria has one of the largest pools in the country--why put another pool there? A lot of communities are not near a pool.......
10 locations around the city...yeah and probably eight of them are in Brooklyn...Queens will not get this
None of those beaches are anywhere near Astoria or LIC.
I just don't care anymore. I'm now semi-retired and now plan to spend 95 percent of every summer from here on far away from this crap hole city.
These people make this announcement every summer. Putting a floating "filtered" pool at Hunter's Point right at the mouth of Newtown Creek is a lawsuit waiting to happen. Nothing can filter out all those Superfund chemicals.
Developer subsidies to attract renters to the little colonies they are building in older communities. No real permanent amenities.
After the construction loans are paid off, you will have 50 story tenements.
Described “like a giant strainer,” according to the +Pool official website, the floating pool will filter the river water within its walls, removing bacteria, contaminants and odors.
And just where will the bacteria, contaminants and odors be stored, or moved to, or sent or....
Geez! I give up!
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