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The Space Needle v. Other Cities’ Famous Monuments

By Lawrence W. Cheek March 23, 2012 Published in the April 2012 issue of Seattle Met

eiffel tower

EIFFEL TOWER
Paris, France1,063 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.


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