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Sunday 24 February 2013

A Right to Be Clean: Sanitation and the Rise of New York City’s Water Towers



30th Street, between 7th and 8th, 2012.
During the morning rush hour in New York City, tourists stand out as being the ones looking up. It’s possible that they see more clearly what most New Yorkers take for granted: water towers. Those archaic looking wooden structures that grace the rooftops of almost every New York City building play an integral, though often overlooked, part of watering this urban center.

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