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📢 Eight Saudi cities ranked in the IMD Smart Cities Index; Riyadh 24th globally - صحيفة مال

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Underuse is a chronic challenge in federal buildings. Many are outright empty – making them ripe for resale and redevelopment into housing, office, or retail space. But efforts are beset by bureaucratic hurdles. #development #downtown #cities

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My latest @forbes article has just gone live. It is a deep dive on extreme heat in cities. Five brand-new papers (each from a different discipline) together paint a worrying picture of the scale of the problem.

#science #ScienceJournalism #climatechange #cities #heatwave

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2026/05/29/600-million-people-cant-stay-cool-the-hot-city-problem-is-growing/

The Cities Where Graduates Can Thrive

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-cities-where-graduates-can-thrive-8fbed022

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FYI, fellow Milwaukeeans! Share your feedback on the future of 794 in downtown. I would love to see this highway removed to make way for people and parks and other lovely things!#urbanism #milwaukee #cities #morebikesfewercars

I-794 Lake Interchange Study - Official Study Website
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Czechia’s mighty chimney-mounted water towers

While studying the water towers (vodárenské věže) of Czechia (formerly Czech Republic) an impressive collection of water towers built as a part of industrial chimneys was identified. Images of the twelve (12) remaining historical sentinels (of the original 23) are provided below along with a brief background history. The tremendous resource for the data and images contained within this post is the www.vezovevodojemy.cz website.

Two (2) of these chimneys have been beautifully maintained or restored, as depicted in the first two images below. Hopefully, in time, the other towers can be cared for so they are preserved for future generations to marvel.

Peace/Mír!

*Updated the post in the evening of 5/28/26 to add Ostrava-Svinov.

**Updated the post on 5/28/26 to add Prague-Vysočany and Přelouč.

Litovel-Nasoburky (1917) = 40 meters/131.2 feet tall (water tank is set at 21 meters). Serves the Litovel Food Factory (now Alibona). The 35 cubic meter.9,246 gallon water tank is still in operation, so both it and the chimney receive routine care and maintenance.

• Dobrovice (1912) = 65 meters/213.3 feet tall (water tank is set on the chimney at 35 m). The tank holds 35 cubic meters/9,246 gallons of water. The structure serves/d the Prince Alexandra of Thurn & Taxis sugar factory. The chimney is still in use, but the water tank is no longer.

• Dvur Kralove nad Labem (1941) = 80 meters/262.5 feet tall (water tank is set at 30 meters). The tank held 300 cubic meters/79,252 gallons of water. Served the former mechanical weaving mill factory. The water tank ceased operations in 2007

• Choceň (1929) = 70 meters/229.7 feet tall (water tank set on the chimney at 30 meters). The tank holds 80 cubic meters/22,134 gallons of water. The tower/tank served a spinning and weaving mill which continues in operation, though the tower and tank are primarily used for communications today.

• Mělník (1956) = 40 meters/131.2 feet tall (water tank is set at 25 meters). The tank holds 35 cubic meters/9,246 gallons of water. The tower/tank serves the Association for Chemical and Metallurgical Production. Originally a zinc oxide facility, the factory now produces frits and glazes. The chimney and water tank are both still in operation.

• Nymburk (1917) = 73 meters/239.5 feet tall (water tank is set at 35 meters). The tank holds 80 m3/21,134 gallons of water. Served the railway workshop of the North-Western Railway. The water tower and chimney have been disused since the 1970s when the taller concrete chimney (see image) was completed

• Kolín (1922) = 50 meters/164 feet tall (the water tank is set at 25 meters). The water tank holds 100 cubic meters/26,417 gallons of water. Located at a fertilizer factory. Operation of the chimney and water tank ceased in 1997

• Libčice nad Vltavou (1921) = 45 meters/147.6 feet tall (water tank set at 25 meters). Serves the Libšice Ironworks. The tank holds 150 cubic meters/39,625 gallons of water. The chimney was shut down in 1992, but the water tank is still used.

• Slaný (ca 1925) = 50 meters/164 feet tall (water tank set at 29 meters). The tank holds 150 cubic meters/39,635 gallons of water. Served the Slaný Engineering Works. Both the chimney and the water tank ceased being used in the late 1980s.

Ostrava-Svinov (1910) = 47.5 meters/155.8 feet (originally 50 meters). The water tank held 43 cubic meters/11,359 gallons of water and was is set at 18 meters. Served the Austrian Mannesmann tube rolling mill. Both the chimney and water tank with the exception of communications purposes have been out of service since 1971.

Prague-Vysočany (1935) = 42 meters/137.8 feet. Served the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs. Chimney and water tank ceased operations in 1989. Designated a cultural monument in 2003.

Přelouč (1935) = 62 meters/203.4 feet (the water tank is set at 45 meters). Seven the Automotive Armament factory. No longer in use except for telecommunications.

SOURCE: http://www.vezovevodojemy.cz