Current：Home > ContactSwimmable cities a climate solution? Amid scorching heat, cities rethink access to waterways -Streamline Finance
Swimmable cities a climate solution? Amid scorching heat, cities rethink access to waterways
View
Date：2025-04-12 15:45:54
As recently as the 1940s, New Yorkers swam in floating pools in the Hudson and East Rivers. A safer alternative to swimming directly in the river, the municipal baths kept residents cool in hot summer months until they were closed over sanitation concerns.
Now, as the city contends with life-threatening heat, can New Yorkers once again turn to the rivers to stay cool?
veryGood！ (1)
Related
- Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
- How to choose a resolution you can stick to
- Camila and Matthew McConaughey's Daughter Vida Is Mom's Mini-Me in Sweet Birthday Photos
- Do 'Home Town' stars Erin, Ben Napier think about retiring? Their answer, and design advice
- 2 killed, 3 injured in shooting at makeshift club in Houston
- Justice Department sues Texas over state's new border security law
- US biotech company halts sales of DNA kits in Tibet, as lawmakers mull more export controls on China
- Virginia man keeps his word and splits his $230,000 lottery prize with his brother
- Behind on your annual reading goal? Books under 200 pages to read before 2024 ends
- Jesse Palmer Rushes Home From Golden Wedding as Wife Emely Fardo Prepares to Give Birth
Ranking
- NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
- Justice Department sues Texas over state's new border security law
- A magnitude 4.1 earthquake shakes a wide area of Southern California, no injuries reported
- The Trumpification of the GOP's Jan. 6 pardon push
- Costco membership growth 'robust,' even amid fee increase: What to know about earnings release
- Hailey Bieber Shares Cheeky Glimpse Into Tropical Holiday Vacation With Husband Justin Bieber
- December jobs report: Here are 7 key takeaways
- A drug cartel has attacked a remote Mexican community with drones and gunmen, rights group says
Recommendation
Rams vs. 49ers highlights: LA wins rainy defensive struggle in key divisional game
A group representing TikTok, Meta and X sues Ohio over new law limiting kids’ use of social media
Nigel Lythgoe Leaves So You Think You Can Dance Amid Paula Abdul’s Sexual Assault Lawsuit
Will Taylor Swift add a Golden Globe statue to sit next to her 12 Grammys?
Jamie Foxx reps say actor was hit in face by a glass at birthday dinner, needed stitches
Alaska's snow crab season canceled for second year in a row as population fails to rebound
USA wins gold medal at world junior championship with victory vs. Sweden
Nebraska bill would add asphyxiation by nitrogen gas as form of execution for death row inmates