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Tag: Swimming Pools
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NYC’s Tougher Lifeguard Rules May Help Fuel a Shortage
The city requires its pool lifeguards to meet standards similar to those set for ocean lifeguards, beyond what the state sets.
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Too Many New Yorkers Can’t Swim. It’s Time to Change That.
New York City is letting down its residents by nixing swimming lessons.
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‘Swimming Wasn’t for Us’: Philadelphia Pool Club Tries to Close Racial Gap
The nation’s first Black-owned pool club aims to teach hundreds of children to swim this summer, helping to close a dangerous racial gap in the process.
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What Do Luxury Rooftop Pools (for $150 a Day) Say About New York City?
Pools were once the great social unifier of New York. The current vogue for high-priced day passes at rooftop hotel pools changes the equation.