The Pool at The Joule, Dallas TX
There’s something kinda fun about a swimming pool that dangles enticingly off the edge of a luxury hotel while the rest of the world watches on with a mixture of mock envy and bemused contempt. In my next life, I want to own one of these, then taunt the other half with graceful aquatic antics on windswept Dallas afternoons. [photo by Justin Terveen]
Tagged: cool hotel, Dallas, hotel swimming pools, The Joule
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Jesper Larsson said | 10 September, 2009
Looks nice, but I must say that the glass bottom version at Avalon Hotel here in Gothenburg is even cooler. Lousy pics found here: http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/31/5f/f6/avalon-hotel-front.jpg …and here… http://www.modeloos.nl/wp-content/uploads/Avalon-450×337.jpg