Grand Forks, North Dakota: Smiley Face Water Tower
The smiley face water tower is the friendly mascot of this town. A long-lived Smiley, demolished in 2010, is remembered with a two-side smiling water tower, one face slyly winking.
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My grand father designed the paint scheme, and originally painted this smiley face water tower. On one side of the tower the smiley face is winking. When my grandfather, Oscar Osmundson, went to the city to get paid for his work they were hesitant about paying him. A few people on the city council thought that it wasn't finished yet -- that he only painted half of one of the eyes on that side of the tower.
My grandfather laughed and told them the tower was winking, and they decided to vote on keeping it. The wink won, and that's how it sits today. Thousands of people drive by the water tower every year, and they all have my grandfather to thank for the smile that the wink puts on their face.
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Smiley Face Water Tower
- Address:
- 901-999 5th Ave S, Grand Forks, ND
- Directions:
- I-29 exit 140 east. Corner of S Washington and Demers, just south of 5th Avenue S.
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