An artsy tower in Fort Worth

[jd]

Move over, KEOM, you're not the only one with an interesting tower. The Star-Telegram reported on a unique addition to a "radio tower" off I-20 and Campus Drive:
www.star-telegram.com/2011/07/06/3204665/fort-worth-radio-tower-takes-public.html#tvg (Click on the pic for a larger version.)

Sure, this is not a broadcast facility; it's a communications tower owned by the City of Fort Worth. But with cell phone towers designed to look like trees (e.g., in California), could this be part of a trend to make radio towers "less ugly"?

 

[billyg]

I miss the good old days when radio/tv station call letters adorned towers like WFAA's or WLW in Cincy.

 

[OKCRadioGuy]

Yeah... Back when owners actually cared about their stations enough to do that and to program something worth listening to on the air too!

 

[radi0avenger]

Speaking of interesting towers, I passed this one a few weeks ago. They say don't text and drive, I was attempting to take a picture and drive. Thus the bad job. It's a cell tower somewhere in Ann Arbor MI. Never seen one like it before.

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z163/2323783/AnnArbor-20110626-00281.jpg

 

[OHTBGH]

Dubai is making theirs look like palm trees to blend in. Really, no joke!

-BGH

 

[radi0avenger]

There are several like that here in the states. I've seen both pine tree and palm tree look-alikes. Some are more convincing than others

 

[317C50KW]

That Michigan cell tower kind of reminds me of an old-time spit sink at the dentist's office.