Water Tanks

Going back in time from 4/27/2012

Tall Water Tanks – Just plain tall, or raised to pump up the force of gravity.  Above left, on Greene St. off 8th St.; above right, ...

34th St. Water Tanks – A row of tanks above 34th, and the nice stepped backsides of the 35th St. buildings they serve...

8th and 40th Water Tanks – Above and at the bottom, a cluster west of 8th Ave. on 40th St.  Below left, east on 40th.  Below right, ...

West Broadway Water Tanks – From Worth St.  Tanks dominate uptown at Franklin, above; they're dwarfed downtown, below, by 7 World Trade ...

Water Tank Weather – The same tank... bright above, foggy below, from 54th St. west of 6th Ave...

Penn Station Salvation – It's getting warmer at Penn Station I sit down outside the 7th Ave. end of Penn Station, and start drinking my coffee.&...

From Walker St. – Just south of Canal.  Above, looking up Centre St.  Below, looking up Broadway; I like that you can see the ...

Lafayette Water Tanks – Two angles on two scenes (above, and below left; below right and bottom) from around Lafayette and Great Jones Sts...

University Water Tanks – Seen from University Place around 11th St.  (I had my headphones on, so I don't know if the little guy up there ...

Broadway & Fulton – Looking over recent construction at Broadway and Fulton...

Union Square Water Tanks – Tanks visible from Union Square.  Above, the left half of the gap at the northwest end of the square.  Below ...

Cold Water Tanks – A few water tank shots from Sunday, just before the blizzard hit.  Above, an icy tank west of Union Square. ...

Flag Foundation View 1 – The water tank-populated view from the Flag Art Foundation patio, nine floors above 25th St. in Chelsea. I guess it ...

Lost World Water Tanks – I like it when I see something new in the distance between the buildings, a little Lost World just revealed and about ...

Penn Station Water Tanks 2 – Another visit to water tanks near Penn Station.  Above, looking north across 34th St. from 7th Ave.  The big ...

Greenwich Village Water Towers – Towers atop two buildings off 6th Ave. in Greenwich Village. Above, from Waverly & Gay, and left, from 6th Ave., the ...

Up from Broadway – A few recent favorites seen from on or near Broadway.  Above and left, the golden dome of the New York Life ...

Stone Water Towers NYC – Some water tanks in stone enclosures.  Above, an optically suspect white elephant ziggurat of a building at Third ...

Water Towers NYC - Wholesale District – Some water tanks above yet another district whose discovery by our partying aristocracy pretty much guarantees its ruin...

5th Ave Water Tanks – It took a few years to notice the low lying tank above, camouflaged by its surroundings on W 46th St. The tank to the ...

Water Towers of NYC 3 – Above, a new shot of water tanks seen from 46th St. & 8th Ave. that I visited earlier.  And below left, a tank ...

Penn Station Water Tanks 1 – Above, a crew putting up two new water tanks (lower left) beyond some existing ones, seen last week from in front of ...

A Few Picturesque Tanks – Above, a water tank on 125th St. between 7th & 8th Aves.  Working days over, it's retired to picturesque. Below ...

Water Towers of NYC (Maybe) – Strangely, I took all but one of these photos near the Manhattan end of the Queensboro Bridge -- a hotbed of styled ...

Water Towers of NYC 2 – Some modern water tanks / utility towers.  Above and right, the stunning units atop Washington Square Village. ...

8th Ave Shots 1 – I feel for tourists trapped in the double-decker tour-bus hell of summer on 8th Ave. in the 40s and 50s. But they ...

Across the Manhattan Bridge 2 – Continuing across the bridge to Manhattan on a drizzly day.  Above right, men idle away Sunday morning in between ...

17 Water Tanks Above Sixth Ave – The number of water tanks exposed by demolition here, at Sixth Ave. and West 30th St., always gets my attention.  ...

Water Towers of NYC 1 – Gravity is still free, and tall buildings still have water tanks, many enclosed in towers.  Here is an assortment ...