Grand Forks, North Dakota - Smiley Face Water Tower

Grand Forks, North Dakota - Smiley Face Water Tower

The smiley face water tower is the friendly mascot of this town. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Grand Forks, North Dakota - High Scrap Metal Prices Threaten Smiley

Smiley Face Water Tower: For years the city council in Grand Forks, North Dakota, has talked of tearing down "Smiley," the city’s beloved baby blue water tower with dual-sided grins (and bow ties). [09/09/2008] Complete Story...

Grand Forks, North Dakota - Smiley Water Tower Demolished

The 77 year old Smiley tower has now been taken down. The newer water tower a few blocks away has been painted with smileys. [Elliott Olson, 10/19/2009]

Grand Forks, North Dakota - Mr. Smiley Water Tower

Mr. Smiley is standing up and overlooking the city, greeting people coming and going with two different faces. [diane, 03/30/2007]

Grand Forks, North Dakota - Mr. Smiley Water Tower

Mr. Smiley, a Smiley Face Water Tower, is the heart of Grand Forks, greeting visitors to our town every day. At risk for demolition, Mr. Smiley still bravely stands every day doing his job, while a large group of us do everything we can to stop this from happening. [Kelsey Jacobson, 12/03/2006]

[RA: December 2006: In November the Grand Forks City Council considered the $50,000 demolition cost vs. the $190,000 sandblasting of lead-based toxics and repainting estimate. You can guess which won.]