Current：Home > FinanceSwimmable cities a climate solution? Amid scorching heat, cities rethink access to waterways -TrueNorth Capital Hub
Swimmable cities a climate solution? Amid scorching heat, cities rethink access to waterways
View
Date：2025-04-14 22:33:22
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！ (384)
Related
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Hi Hi!
- Alabama student and amateur golfer Nick Dunlap cannot collect $1.5 million from PGA Tour
- Sofia Vergara and Netflix sued by family of Griselda Blanco ahead of miniseries about drug lord
- Criminals are extorting money from taxi drivers in Mexico’s Cancun, as they have done in Acapulco
- A Mississippi company is sentenced for mislabeling cheap seafood as premium local fish
- Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda migration bill suffers a blow in Britain’s Parliament
- Why diphtheria is making a comeback
- Top religious leaders in Haiti denounce kidnapping of nuns and demand government action
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- Saturday's Texans vs. Ravens playoff game was ESPN's most-watched NFL game of all time
Ranking
- Scoot flight from Singapore to Wuhan turns back after 'technical issue' detected
- Dexter Scott King, younger son of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 62
- Rihanna Should Take a Bow for Her Reaction to Meeting One of the Hottest B---hes Natalie Portman
- More than 150 DWI cases dismissed as part of federal public corruption probe in New Mexico
- US wholesale inflation accelerated in November in sign that some price pressures remain elevated
- Cameroon starts world’s first malaria vaccine program for children
- Nebraska lawmakers should hit ‘reset’ button to avoid last year’s rancor, legislative speaker says
- Alabama calls nitrogen execution method ‘painless’ and ‘humane,’ but critics raise doubts
Recommendation
Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
What to know for WWE Royal Rumble 2024: Date, time, how to watch, match card and more
Saturday's Texans vs. Ravens playoff game was ESPN's most-watched NFL game of all time
When do New Hampshire primary polls open and close? Here's what time you can vote in Tuesday's 2024 election
Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
A sanction has been imposed on a hacker who released Australian health insurer client data
Store clerk fatally shot in 'tragic' altercation over stolen chips; two people arrested
Following in her mom's footsteps, a doctor fights to make medicine more inclusive