http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Kuwait_City Posts tagged with 'Kuwait_City' at MetaFilter. Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:25:58 -0800 Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:25:58 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/24481/Kuwait%2DCity%2DKuwait%2DTowers <a href="http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/KW/KuwaitTowers.html">Wonder about those towers behind Wolf Blitzer?</a> I have, as I'm sure you have, seen a lot of the three sculptural towers behind the various newscasters transmitting from Kuwait City. They're quite <a href="http://archnet.org/library/images/thumbnails.tcl?location_id=1606">beautiful</a> -- <a href="http://www.akdn.org/agency/akaa/firstcycle/water.html">award winning</a> -- water towers (holding 4500 cubic meters). Built in 1979 by swedes, they are the largest and most visible part of a 100,000 cubic meter water storage system, which also includes the <a href="http://archnet.org/library/images/one-image.tcl?image_id=13436&collection_id=#">mushrooms along the beaches</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.24481 Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:25:58 -0800 architecture iraq Kuwait Kuwait_City war Water_tower wolfblitzer zpousman