Comments on: Photo of the Week (Jun 24-30) http://ruinism.com/photo-of-the-week/photo-of-the-week-13/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: gabriel biderman ~ fine art photography» Blog Archive » St Johns Watertower, Portland ~ Photo of the Week http://ruinism.com/photo-of-the-week/photo-of-the-week-13/comment-page-1/#comment-6234 gabriel biderman ~ fine art photography» Blog Archive » St Johns Watertower, Portland ~ Photo of the Week Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:05:07 +0000 http://nangabe.com/ruinism/?p=49#comment-6234 [...] that won my photo of the week! Ironically, this is the 2nd time that this watertower has won!  The last time it was captured via a pinhole camera.  This time I thought I would take “a shot in the [...] [...] that won my photo of the week! Ironically, this is the 2nd time that this watertower has won!  The last time it was captured via a pinhole camera.  This time I thought I would take “a shot in the [...]

]]> By: Nifer http://ruinism.com/photo-of-the-week/photo-of-the-week-13/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Nifer Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:52:03 +0000 http://nangabe.com/ruinism/?p=49#comment-124 water towers are the castles of new york city. water towers are the castles of new york city.

]]> By: Joe Reifer http://ruinism.com/photo-of-the-week/photo-of-the-week-13/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Joe Reifer Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:00:50 +0000 http://nangabe.com/ruinism/?p=49#comment-123 Cool shot and water tower story. And hi, Angus! - JR Cool shot and water tower story. And hi, Angus!
– JR

]]> By: angus http://ruinism.com/photo-of-the-week/photo-of-the-week-13/comment-page-1/#comment-122 angus Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:16:15 +0000 http://nangabe.com/ruinism/?p=49#comment-122 This tower is a famous water tower. There was a huge fire in St Johns (our neighborhood) around 1930, and big chunks of the area burned down, because the water tower was too far away for the fire department to successfully draw from it. (They thought the other water tower, a few blocks away, would be close enough.) So they built a new water tower, and it was named after the local fire brigade, in all caps, ST JOHNS FIRE BRIGADE WATER TOWER. During the 4th of July, people would joke about which water tower they were going to climb to watch the fireworks, the FIRE BRIGADE's, or "the other one." After 9/11, fire fighters were all heroes, and it was renamed The HEROIC ST JOHNS FIRE BRIGADE WATER TOWER. Kind of a mouthful, so the locals just call it "the heroic", mostly when giving directions. "Take a left at the heroic, then your first right", for example. This tower is a famous water tower. There was a huge fire in St Johns (our neighborhood) around 1930, and big chunks of the area burned down, because the water tower was too far away for the fire department to successfully draw from it. (They thought the other water tower, a few blocks away, would be close enough.)

So they built a new water tower, and it was named after the local fire brigade, in all caps, ST JOHNS FIRE BRIGADE WATER TOWER. During the 4th of July, people would joke about which water tower they were going to climb to watch the fireworks, the FIRE BRIGADE’s, or “the other one.”

After 9/11, fire fighters were all heroes, and it was renamed The HEROIC ST JOHNS FIRE BRIGADE WATER TOWER. Kind of a mouthful, so the locals just call it “the heroic”, mostly when giving directions. “Take a left at the heroic, then your first right”, for example.

]]> By: Joy Downey http://ruinism.com/photo-of-the-week/photo-of-the-week-13/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Joy Downey Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:00:21 +0000 http://nangabe.com/ruinism/?p=49#comment-121 this one is good too. It's very soothing to me this one is good too. It’s very soothing to me

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