1.

Eh, the city spent years on "beautifying" this reservoir. It's actually quite nice to walk around, but sure would be nicer if people could walk the paths.

2.

I've ridden by there many times on my bike, and I never even knew it was a reservoir. I thought it was a cemetery or something like that.

3.

I won't hold my breath waiting for that fence to come down around the Rowena reservoir. The neighborhood likes it just the way it is.

4.

I've always wondered why the city spent so much effort beautifying the reservoir when we had to see it through metal gates. Forbidden fruit?

5.

Get real... "prettier sister Silver Lake Reservoir"--

First of all, we spell it "Silverlake" here.

Second, it has black paved banks, and a barbed wire fenct,

Third-- do your research. Rowena Reservoir is the city's oldest-- so needed rebuilding before others. You might think of it as a prototype. One day Silverlake and others will look this way.

As for why the public isn't allowed in-- well, our drinking water is under there! Parks in LA become unsavory places at night. If DWP is charged w/ keeping our drinking water safe, they should be able to do it without having to deal with the multitude of problems that go w/ a "public" park. As it is they've given us something beautiful to look at (yes, through an attractive fence".

Get over youselves and enjoy it!

6.

well, our drinking water is under there!

Wrong, John. State and/or federal law now bars the use of surface reservoirs for drinking water, although agencies obviously are being given decades to comply with the new rules. Some of Los Angeles' reservoirs (like Silver Lake) are going to be maintained as emergency supplies in case of seismic disruption to one of the three big aqueducts, but eventually will be phased out as regular parts of the water system.

7.

"First of all, we spell it "Silverlake" here"

Wrong again, John. It is Silver Lake, not Silverlake. "The district gets its name from the Department of Water and Power's Silver Lake Reservoir, which was named after Herman Silver, a member of Los Angeles’ first Board of Water commissioners." (from the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council website)
Now would everybody that arrived in Silver Lake in the last five years, please go back from whence you came. ::sigh::

8.

Geesh, your "Silverlake" spelling gives away your "I moved here long after the corner stores started stocking brie" status. No cred man, no cred whatsoever.