The Sky Pool

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The swimming pool itself is suspended at a height of 35 m (114 ft), between two apartment buildings. It spans 15 m (50 ft) in length – this is increased by 25 m (82 ft) with extending "tubs" at each end – and is filled with 148,000 liters (39,000 gal) of water.

Structurally, it's made from a single piece of acrylic that has a total thickness of around 35 cm (14 in) and is placed in a steel frame.

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Residents can swim across 100-ft-high Sky Pool to neighboring high rise

Vertigo-inducing swimming pools seem to be in fashion at the moment and following news of the Brooklyn Point tower's infinity pool in New York City, London now boasts its own one-of-a-kind swimming pool, too. This one goes much further in its pursuit of thrills though, as it invites visitors to…
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Would you swim in this pool? Why or Why Not?
 
I'm wondering how long before someone decides to snap an Instagram shot being super cool and daring and sitting on the outside edge of the plexiglass side, leans out a bit far to get that perfect angle and.......................... splat.

Apart from that, it's a cool piece of engineering and I would like to swim across it once, but if I lived there I think the novelty would wear off and I'd rather just have a bigger normal pool.
 
I've also just realised that the people living with the windows one floor below the glass bottomed pool get some pretty interesting views.
 
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