By FRANK BARNING
If anything is a symbol of
A 2009 photo of the structure by Tom Urban was recently the topic of a spirited discussion on Facebook. Several
Originally, the water tower was a checkerboard red and white. Eventually, it was painted green, as it appears in Urban's photo, but the people I asked did not recall when the colors were changed.
Some of the boys climbed to the top on dares or under the influence of spirits. This was the highest point in our town, Levittown's answer to the
I moved to
Here are comments posted on Facebook:
Susan Weldon (Division Avenue High class of 1960) wrote: I was there when the cops caught Warren Zaretsky on the top of the tower. When one of them stated, "This is illegal young man",
Urban (1960) wrote: If you sat on the walkway that ran around the top of the tower you could see Wantagh Parkway winding towards Jones Beach. On a clear night it was peaceful. You could also clearly see the police cars at the North Village Green should they head your way.
He also stated: I cringe when I remember some "bad boys" unscrewing the bulbs on the very top. P.S. the access cover on the very top was not locked. Dangerous if you were to fall in but very tempting for green food dye around St. Patty's Day. Never materialized but tempting just the same....."very Bad Boys". And I yelled at my kids for missing curfew.
Your blogger replied to Urban: How many of the guys urinated over the side of the tower? It would seem like the natural thing to do for
Tom Urban replied: Never did that Frank. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Walt Linder (1961) mentioned: I think my brother Paul did the water tower also. My parents had to go to the police station to get him.
Leslie Sands Bell (1968) remembers: the tower had raindrops (condensation) hitting us as we walked to the swimming pool on
Jeff Peyton (1961) commented: the late Al Baldwin (1961) had a prized red dome he had retrieved off the catwalk and made it into a lamp.
Jim McGrath (1960) bragged: Didn't spend much time at the tower. Was spending my time parked in
From Marilee Flamm Kubart, class of 1961: I lived on Cherrytree Lane and passed by the Levittown Water Tower often during my growing up years in Levittown. There used to be handball & basketball courts at the bottom on one side...and a Little League Baseball field on the other side. I used to go there often to watch my brother, Gene, play. And I walked by the tower on the way to Sunday School or church at the Levittown Community Church. When I was old enough to drive, I would drive by it on the way to my friend, Roberta Filandro's house on Primrose Lane. A lot of things look different now in Levittown, but that big old water tower still looks the same.
ReplyDeleteRich Humbert, class of 1960 wrote...Like Tom I "didn't" urinate off the top either. His words bring back memories of the soft ocean breezes at night and the view.
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