The rise of tenants-only gyms in NYC office buildings
To maintain exclusivity and convenience via an attractive amenity, a select group of office buildings are choosing to install their own tenants-only fitness facilities. These now include the Empire...
View ArticleDawn and Richard Duques nab penthouse at The Aldyn
Dawn and Richard Duques, who restored the Madison Beach Hotel in New Haven, Conn., in 2012, have just purchased a penthouse at the Aldyn, which was asking $8.9 million. The four-bedroom, 4½-bathroom...
View Article5 places you might not know are bona fide NYC landmarks
What would New York City look like today without the Landmarks Law? It’s hard to tell, but almost certainly some of our most famous buildings would not have survived, meaning iconic places like the...
View ArticleHow to crash NYC’s fanciest pools
To be trapped in the concrete city during the summer is to be stuck with eternal summer envy. You know that somewhere out there in the world, while you toil away and press your face against the office...
View ArticleCity continues ban on non-white pool attire
What is the stylish set wearing to the pool this summer? If you’re taking a dip in one of the city’s 56 public pools, which opened for the season on Saturday, you only have one option: white. “Feel the...
View ArticleCity’s crappiest pool had 17 floating ‘fecal incidents’ last summer
Everyone out of the pool! Officials counted 272 F-bombs — fecal “incidents” — in city pools last summer. If you’re counting, that’s about four a day during the 10-week swimming season. The title of...
View ArticleIn New York, private pools are the new private elevators
Just because summer is over doesn’t mean you have to give up your spot by the pool — as long as you have a cool $15 million to throw down on a condo with a private watering hole of your own. “It’s...
View ArticleGirl nearly drowns in spa’s pool after her hair gets caught in filter
A six-year-old girl nearly drowned in a crowded hydrotherapy pool at a Spa Castle in Queens on Friday when she got her hair got caught in an underwater filter, sources said. EMS responded to the call...
View ArticleSpa where girl nearly drowned shut down by city
The city health department on Monday shut down the Queens spa where a 6-year-old girl nearly drowned on Feb. 19 after her hair got caught in an underwater filter, citing a host of safety violations,...
View ArticleFrom its priciest pad to biggest pool, the stats powering Miami
Once considered only a winter getaway, Miami — the sun-soaked, beachfront, multilingual metropolis where culture and commerce collide with Latin flair — is now a year-round draw. With global tourists...
View ArticleBackyard spas are the ultimate splurge
Who wants to leave their luxurious Hamptons retreat to get pampered? Now many estates come with their own spa houses, blending privacy with relaxation. The $25 million compound listing at 141 & 145...
View ArticleYou are swimming in poop
Nearly 80 percent of public swimming pools and hot tubs inspected in five U.S. states in 2013 had health or safety violations, highlighting a public health threat ahead of summer, the Centers for...
View ArticleTwo-year-old found dead in pool
A 2-year-old Long Island girl was found dead in a pool Friday afternoon. Suffolk County police found little Arlyn Vanegas-Luna unresponsive in the above-ground pool outside her next-door neighbor’s...
View ArticleStringer looks to curb cancer as public pools open for summer
The city made a splash Wednesday, officially opening public swimming pools for the summer. And as kids like these took the plunge at Astoria Park in Queens, city Comptroller Scott Stringer used the...
View ArticleCity amends rules allowing women’s-only swim times
The city will amend its rules so that women’s-only swimming can continue at two Brooklyn public pools serving large Hasidic communities with strict modesty rules regarding bathing attire, officials...
View ArticleWorld’s deepest swimming pool is a terrifying 131-foot pit of doom
If you’re the type that always heads straight for the deep end, then these amazing snaps showing the world’s deepest swimming pool is right up your street. The Y-40, also known as The Deep Joy, is the...
View ArticleCity pools are actually a lot cleaner than you’d think
Dive right in — the water’s fine. The Post gathered samples from seven city pools — and a lab analysis found all of them to be shockingly clean. Four private and three public pools were tested: Dream...
View ArticleMy pool is ruining my social life
When Smiljana Peros moved into a building with an outdoor pool 16 years ago, she imagined weekends full of swimming parties, poolside gossip and sunning with her friends. “It was like ‘Oh my God, I...
View ArticleThe only thing happier than one dog in a pool is a gazillion dogs in a pool
Happy Tails Camp is a pet resort in Norfolk, Virginia. They filmed their dogs having so much fun splashing around in an indoor pool that it could make humans jealous.
View ArticlePeeing in the pool is so much worse than you thought
Public restrooms are disgusting, but peeing in the pool is even worse. The American Chemical Society uploaded a video on their “Reactions” YouTube channel, detailing how peeing in a pool is anything...
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