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EIFFEL TOWERParis, France • 1,063 feet Decidedly ahead of its time: 47 prominent Paris writers and artists wrote a letter condemning the tower’s “barbarous mass” as a “stupefying folly” whose “odious shadow” would spread like an ink stain across their beloved city. Image: Alexander Chaikin/Shutterstock RELATED: The Space Needle: Seattle’s Inspired Icon

Author: Lawrence W. Cheek

March 23, 2012

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EIFFEL TOWER
Paris, France • 1,063 feet
Decidedly ahead of its time: 47 prominent Paris writers and artists wrote a letter condemning the tower’s “barbarous mass” as a “stupefying folly” whose “odious shadow” would spread like an ink stain across their beloved city.

Image: Alexander Chaikin/Shutterstock

Published in the 6 Perfect Road Trips issue of Seattle Met.