EXPLORING AMERICA'S
MOST ORIGINAL URBAN PARKChapter Five: 23rd -- 26th Streets
Water Towers seen from the High Line are explained:
"The newsman Charles Kuralt was a big admirer of the
water towers that grace so many of New York's rooftops."
"The city requires that every building above a
certain height -- around six stories -- must have them, both to regulate water
pressure throughout the building and to help firefighters by providing a
reliable source of water."
"To this day Manhattan's water tanks, which hold between
5,000 and 10,000 gallons each, are hand-crafted from wood and iron by one of
two companies that have been making them here for more than a century."
"Wallace Rosenwach was one of those coopers; his
grandfather started the business in 1896."
"While walking around the city one day with Kuralt, Wallace
looked up and said 'that's our skyline.'"
"'We helped create it.'"
High Line book review continues tomorrow, October 25
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