Before covering the pool, Beese used anticorrosion paint to protect the dumpster. He covered the ground in limestone to help secure it. (Source: Stefan Beese) Before covering the pool, Beese used ...

This story is being featured as part of our “Yahoo Best Stories of 2015” series. It was originally published in September 2015. Who knew that “dumpster diving” could make someone so famous? New ...

Designers transform trash bins into inviting city pools. July 21, 2009— -- Some New York City residents are diving into Dumpsters this summer – but coming up squeaky clean and refreshed. In the ...

Here's a dumpster you wouldn't mind diving into! Architect Stefan Beese managed to convert an old shipping container into a patio deck and swimming pool for his family. The chic-looking plunge pool ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Some Philadelphia residents came up with a unique way to cool off at their block party. They created a dumpster pool. One man who helped set it up says, "It was lined with pool ...

We like our 70 public pools. We like our mystical Devil’s Pool, even if it’s a little dirty and dangerous (and illegal). And when we aren’t feeling either of those options, we will literally float in ...

The block party even got permits! Well, permits for a dumpster. And, apparently, the dumpster pool was OK at first. But then L&I realized the block party filled the dumpster with water from an ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia is urging residents not to swim in dumpsters after a rented trash bin was filled with fire hydrant water and transformed into a pool. The online news site Billy Penn ...

Last weekend, the residents of the 2400 block of Cedar Street in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia participated in a time honored Philly tradition: the block party. Philadelphia block ...

Philadelphia is urging residents not to swim in dumpsters after a rented trash bin was filled with fire hydrant water and transformed into a pool.The online news site Billy Penn first reported the ...