A City Built on Water Should Know How to Swim
New York had a summer for the ages. A Knicks championship, the World Cup, a 250th Fourth of July, and enough confetti to fill the Hudson. But as the pools close for the season and the city cools down, a talk at the South Street Seaport Museum asked a question worth holding onto: what does the history of public swimming in New York reveal about what cities owe their residents when it comes to water, heat, access, safety and the right to cool off?
