All around the city, there are numerous water towers that are either vacant and decommissioned or modern and still in use. Down the street from our house, stands the Lincoln Park Tower, one of those historic towers that, from what I have been able to check out, is not in use. It was used early on when the neighborhood was starting up and residents needed a central water source. The park only takes up one city block and it is pretty centralized to the neighborhood, complete with two playgrounds, a picnic shed, and several grills for outdoor activities. I remember taking our daughter there right after we first moved back to WI in 2008 to allow her to play and forget about the stress of getting used to a new place.
I've photographed this tower before, but this time, I wanted to get a different viewpoint. Pulling out my wide-angle lens, I couldn't think of a better way to tell this story than to show it in a powerful way. Standing like a pinnacle, a beacon of hope for those who made this area their own. A humorous aspect of the tower is that there is a winding staircase on the outside that makes its way to the top. However, this staircase doesn't start until almost the top of the tower, about 75 feet or so. Maybe it was shortened to keep off vandals, or maybe it just fell off in a storm. Either way, it always cracks me up when I see it.
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