I read an article on lost objects. In it they briefly allude to moon towers, or moonlight towers, which I’d never heard of. These were 50-70m towers designed to illuminate areas up to 1km diameter areas.
The only remaining ones are in Austin, though their origins were grim:
The initial construction of these towers was in part a reaction to a local serial killer dubbed the Servant Girl Annihilator, who terrorized Austin between 1885 and 1886
Party At The Moon Tower
It was such a delight to chat with Dr Joanna Winchester for her Teaching Heroes podcast.
We had a pretty wide-ranging discussion about health equity, how the COVID response could be exacerbating health inequities, vaccination for teachers, and how the return to classrooms might play out – including the role that HEPA filters might play.
We also briefly spoke about the early 20th-century movement for open-air schooling, and how some of these design ideas may make a comeback
Thanks Jo!
I loved this gallery of historical public health posters at Open Culture from Poster House.
Special mention to the recent COVID-era anti-xenophobia posters designed by Rache Gingrich:
Source: PSA Poster Series
