A century ago in the summer of 1924, Berkeley had completed a fire watchtower on Grizzly Peak, and it was announced on Aug. 1 that year that the tower had a telephone courtesy of Pacific Telephone and ...
The 47-foot-tall, cast-iron structure in Marcus Garvey Park was the last of its kind in the city. At their peak in the early 1870s, 11 watchtowers served New York City. Men used them to scan the ...
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