Archive for June 24, 2014

Innovative and cool municipal water storage structures

Why do they put smiley faces on water towers? It doesn’t necessarily make me feel more happy. I mean, there are many other options for water tower art. At least writing the name of the town would provide some utilitarian benefit… you would know exactly where you are. Maybe, due to the tight municipal budgets, the smiley face art is all cities can afford at that point.

The happy water tower giant that lurks in our communities

The happy water tower giant that lurks in our communities

This could possibly be a good Master’s degree thesis paper… “the psychological affects of smiley face water towers on community happiness”, or something like that.

So why can’t city planners and civil engineers get a little more creative in terms of how water storage tanks look and are designed? Read more