public pools

The Preservation Arts
I've written quite a bit - and, I think, with passion - about the need to preserve and protect our cultural heritage as it relates to watershapes (click here, for one recent example).  There are plenty of grand public pools, classic fountains and even some architecturally significant residential watershapes that
Facing Our Aqautic Future
I don’t want to come across like a grumpy old man, but I don’t think kids today are experiencing anything like the aquatic childhood I did. I grew up swimming and bathing and playing in commercial and private swimming pools; wooden, plastic and concrete hot tubs; streams, lakes, rivers, oceans, seas, bays, sounds and gulfs.  I still swim and know I always will. I grew up taking
2013/1.2, January 23 — Desert Delights, Weathering Winter, Self-Contained Wall Fountains and more
                        January 23, 2013          …
Test Your Knowledge #46
Missy Franklin Reveals Which College She Plans to Attend
Heritage
It's been a subject of discussion among my parents and siblings that bodies of water - swimming pools in particular - have been an unusually important part of the lives of my own immediate family.  I've spent the greater part of my career writing about all things aquatic while my