by Ona A 
First, 5 Pointz was shut down to make way for a new complex of gleaming residential high-rises. Then, Domino Sugar factory was salvaged for “industrial artifacts” ahead of developers’ plans to raze the buildings and create a “mini-neighborhood of apartments, offices and parks.” Now, this past weekend, another Brooklyn icon went silently in the night—Greenpoint’s famous steel water tower, inscribed with the Polish flag…
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Ugh. Yuck.
I agree, being Palestinian and living down the road from water tower I was so sad to see this go.
I agree. It also had “I love Bunny” written on it for the past 14 years. I know, because I am Bunny!
A friend staying with me 14 years ago climbed up and wrote it as a thank you for letting him stay at my apartment while I was gone. I could see the message from my window and it always made me smile.
And as the neighborhood changed drastically in the last 15 years I’ve made Greenpoint my home, I always looked up and saw that old memory and felt comforted.
I stopped in the middle of the street when I saw just the grey. Bland and boring – just like the dumb condos. I see a night mission in the future! <3
Picture here of original watertower: https://www.flickr.com/photos/51109431@N05/5839902410
Please someone go up there and paint the Polish Flag on the water Tower!! This is your opportunity Bunny make it happen!!