A Chestnut Hill pumping station, designed in 1887 by Boston city architect Arthur Vinal, will house condos and a museum when it is fully restored.
(Chuck Choi)
Architecture
Preserving the majesty of old works
New uses for water pumping stations will draw on their glory days
A Chestnut Hill pumping station, designed in 1887 by Boston city architect Arthur Vinal, will house condos and a museum when it is fully restored.
(Chuck Choi)
When our ancestors built infrastructure, they built it as architecture. Sometimes great architecture. Infrastructure is the word for the network of utilities and other public services that keep America moving: highways, bridges, tunnels, dams, sewers, water mains, power lines. (Full article: 1144 words)
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