Swimming with Skyscrapers: Watch video from a glass-bottomed sky pool

2017-04-11T13:29:00-04:00

What's more relaxing than a glass-bottomed sky pool 42 stories above Houston? Well, pretty much every other thing in the known universe, which makes the existence of this Jackson + Ryan Architects-designed pool not only an eye-catching publicity stunt for the residential tower's developer, but a viral, stomach-clenching video that is now titilating news anchors over at CNN. Here's the video, in full, as posted on the developer's Facebook page:

Developer wants to revitalize downtown Los Angeles by building a tower with plentiful sky pools

2016-10-10T18:39:00-04:00

The developer said in an emailed statement that many, though not all, of the residences would have terraces and cantilevered swimming pools “with glass bottoms and sides that can be viewed by all.” [...] “This will be a landmark building unlike anything else seen in California,” said [developer Jeffrey] Fish [...] “I am a big believer in downtown Los Angeles ... I believe that downtown is still in its juvenile phase and I am looking forward to being part of its long-term growth.”

Known as Fifth and Hill, named for the intersection in downtown Los Angeles where it would be sited, the new development could take two possible forms: "a 55-story tower with 100 condos, 200 hotel rooms and 27,500 square feet of commercial space", or, "a 57-story tower with 142 condos and 25,000 square feet of commercial space." Both would have sky pools in many of the residential spaces.

Fish estimates Fifth and Hill is still "a couple years out" from breaking ground, but has already attached engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti to the project.

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Swimming with Skyscrapers: Watch video from a glass-bottomed sky pool

Developer wants to revitalize downtown Los Angeles by building a tower with plentiful sky pools