FAC Water Tower — Attraction in Fresno

I have passed by the tower one to many times and FINALLY stopped in recently. WOW!!! If you want to see some awesome brickwork, this place is INCREDIBLE! There are over 250,000 hand-laid bricks in the tower. The art shop inside is very nice. The staff was very friendly. No longer used for water storage (is was emptied and taken out of use back in the 1960's) but it is nice to see it restored and repurposed. A true treasure of...

According to the plaque there was an irrigation ditch that ran through here that powered a grain mill. As the plaque explains, a mob of irate citizens became sick of the smell and garbage accumulaying in the ditch and filled it in one day. After that the mill ran on diesel.

Now there is just this cool little park across from the fresno city hall, library, and other local landmarks. It is a great...

It's a really nice area in general I mean I've never been inside of the tower but the library is right across the street and it's next to a police station so it's perfect for like making deals on Craigslist or chilling outside. Theres quite a bit of hommles but that's just how it is nowadays I mean there's not a ton, there's like a slightly above...