The Floating Pool Lady: A Quest to Bring a Public Pool to New York City’s Waterfront

Historian, waterfront planner, and activist Ann L. Buttenwieser is the “Floating Pool Lady.” As parks protector Adrian Benepe writes in the description of Buttenwieser’s new book of the same name: “Never mind Molly Brown of RMS Titanic fame—meet the unsinkable Ann L. Buttenwieser! In The Floating Pool Lady, Buttenwieser recounts, with the energy of a suspense novel, her visionary quest to bring to New York City the first floating swimming pool in more than 75 years.