A tourist in New York City. Water tanks in roofs. The water tank project
Uno de los elementos de arquitectura, así son pues están sobre los tejados de muchos edificios, son los tanques de agua.
Estos tanques de agua, de los cuales quedan miles en Nueva York, se usaban para facilitar la distribución del agua por gravedad a los pisos ante la dificultad, a finales del sigloXIX y hasta bien empezado el siglo XX, de llevar el agua por presión a los pisos altos.
Además no pocas veces sirvieron para apagar incendios en casas...
En esta foto vemos a unos de esos tanques decorado, posiblemente por participar en
Art above NYC. Water above all.Water tank art for water awareness.
Launching summer 2014, The Water Tank Project will transform the New York City skyline.
Artwork by acclaimed artists and New York City public school
students will be wrapped around rooftop water tanks throughout the city,
celebrating the talents of established and emerging artists, and
calling attention to the global water crisis.
Como complemento véase pdf
“París tiene la Torre Eiffel, Pisa tiene la Torre de Pisa y Nueva York tiene las torres de agua”,
dice exagerada e irónicamente Andy Rosenwach, propietario de una de las empresas de mantenimiento y construcción de tanques de madera de la ciudad refiriéndose a su
landscape donde aparecen frecuentemente este tipo de estructuras
En (google translate)
En (google translate)
One of the elements of architecture and are therefore are on the roofs of many buildings are water tanks.These
water tanks, which are thousands in New York, were used to facilitate
the distribution of water by gravity to the story because of the
difficulty in the late sigloXIX and well begun the twentieth century to
bring water pressure the upper floors.In addition they not infrequently served to put out fires in houses ...In this picture we see one of those decorated tanks, possibly by participating in
The water tank project
NYC Art above. All.Water above water tank for water awareness art.Launching summer 2014, The Water Tank Project will transform the New York City skyline.Artwork by acclaimed artists and New York City public school students will be wrapped around rooftop water tanks THROUGHOUT the city, celebrating the talents of established and emerging artists, and calling attention to the Global Water Crisis.Complementing see pdf
Wooden tanks New York City
The water tank project
NYC Art above. All.Water above water tank for water awareness art.Launching summer 2014, The Water Tank Project will transform the New York City skyline.Artwork by acclaimed artists and New York City public school students will be wrapped around rooftop water tanks THROUGHOUT the city, celebrating the talents of established and emerging artists, and calling attention to the Global Water Crisis.Complementing see pdf
Wooden tanks New York City
"Paris has the Eiffel Tower, Pisa has the Leaning Tower and New York have water towers"
He says Andy Rosenwach exaggerated and ironically, owner of one of the companies of maintenance and construction of wooden tanks referring to his city landscape often appear where such structures
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He says Andy Rosenwach exaggerated and ironically, owner of one of the companies of maintenance and construction of wooden tanks referring to his city landscape often appear where such structures
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