Urban Waterfalls, Real and Imagined

Aesthetic and Utilitarian Wonders for the Ages

The waterfall aesthetic at Gullfoss, Iceland. Charles R. Wolfe photo

For reasons I can’t quite explain, I’ve been thinking about the superimposition of waterfalls over urban landscapes in my recent walks through American and European cities. Specifically, I see particular views, snap a photo, and then make a mental note to experiment with the urban wate…