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Unlike most of its antiseptic glass brethren, the condo at 136 Ludlow softened the blow of its mere existence by opting for an exposed rooftop water tank. It’s an aesthetically pleasing addition to an increasingly gruesome Lower East Side skyline. A skyline that has undoubtedly cast an enormous shadow over the embattled corridor between Houston [...]

[Allen & Canal] [East Broadway] Rooftop water towers are a strikingly familiar symbol of city living. Their charming industrial aesthetic bleeds vintage, and continues to inject neighborhood skylines with personality. Each tank is unique, and a constant reminder of a bygone era. As downtown tenements are increasingly torn asunder for glass sterility, this beloved iconography [...]