Spending money can be surprisingly agonizing for the rich. The latest painful product for which they are shilling out are private plunge pools — baths full of ultra-cold water that supposedly help you ...

Plunge pools are popping up in backyards this summer. Thanks to cost, maintenance, and installation factors, many homeowners ...

One lazy summer Sunday, Neddy Merrill set out to swim across the county, envisioning a river made of his neighbor’s contiguous swimming pools. So went the beginning of John Chee ...

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Plunge pools have become an alternative for homeowners who want a simple, less expensive way to cool off. “We really wanted just a ‘cocktail pool’ that we could dip in, have some drinks, have some ...

Backyard pools tend to be bigger on Long Island than in the rest of the country, said Michael Dominici, president of Long Island Pool and Patio in Coram. This is due to the parts of Long Island that ...

Cold plunging — the act of submerging oneself in frigid water — has grown in popularity. The rich are now building plunge pools in luxury apartments and their backyards. The pools, which are part of a ...

One lazy summer Sunday, Neddy Merrill set out to swim across the county, envisioning a river made of his neighbor’s contiguous swimming pools. So went the beginning of John Cheever’s 1964 short story ...