Tag: Towers

I was five years old when 9/11 happened. But I still had a childhood. Sometimes it’s hard not to mourn for the children growing up today. Sometimes it’s easy to understand why fewer and fewer of us are deciding to have children in this relentlessly spinning world. It’s a difficu...

Elevated tanks had served as water storage since ancient times but spread worldwide only in the 19th century when pipe technology became more robust and reliable. The beauty of a tower is that it supplies water even during an electricity outage — thank god for gravity! © All photos...

“There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter — the city that is devoured by locusts ...

In the Czech Republic, there are many things to experience. It is known for its quality beer and 430 breweries around the country. It has a colorful Christmas market, spa in the mountains, world heritage sites like Lednice-Valtice, and interesting cities like, for example,&n...