On an industrial lot in Brooklyn, N.Y., three garbage bins have been transformed into swimming pools. They’re set in what looks like an urban country club — with tent cabanas, barbecue grills and a dozen plastic beach chairs.
The idea of swimming in a trash container grosses you out? Think again. They’re clean. The bins are lined with thick sheets of plastic, and the water is chlorinated and filtered, just like what goes in an inground pool.
The company behind the pools is Macro Sea, a Manhattan real estate developer. Jocko Weyland, the guy in charge of the pool project, says Macro Sea got the idea from a rock musician in Georgia.
The pools are behind a chain-link fence in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood. The 5 1/2 foot-deep containers are in an H-formation with a wooden deck built around them. There’s also a shallower kiddie pool.
I learnt to swim in the Yarra River. Most likely less clean than these pools. I think it’s a great idea!
It’s safe to swim, Jonco removed all the ‘P’ from the Dumpster.
LOL. Thanks Scott. I didn’t realize I forgot to P in the pool. Corrected.