A History of Observation Tower Design

Around the world, the skylines of cities are punctuated by Observation Towers. While serving practical functions like hosting communications antennae, observation decks, these strcutres perhaps more importantly serve as symbolic icons of the cities whose skylines they grace. From Paris' Eiffel Tower, to Seattle's Space Needle, Toronto's CN Tower and beyond.
0:00 - Intro
0:44 - Early Modern Towers
1:54 - Eiffel Tower
3:07 - The Golden Age
3:46 - Space Needle
5:14 - CN Tower
6:09 - Decline
6:40 - Future

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Sydney had the Sydney Opera House built as the iconic landmark of Sydney in 1973 during the golden age of observation towers. The iconics of New York City, the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building were built in 1886 and 1931. Both those structures have more than one observation deck real high up relative to their location to the ground of the structure. Furthermore, tall ferris wheels have become a trend since the London Eye was built as a modern icon of London in 1999. Examples include the Singapre Flyer in Singapore built in 2008, the High Roller in Las Vegas built in 2014, and the Seattle Great Wheel in Seattle built in 2012,

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You love the lady. I love the lady. The lady by the lake!

[@gwynbr]

I'm a fan of the Riga Radio and TV Tower, the tallest tower in the EU!

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You should do some videos on New York

[@Alain7896]

Where have you been? 🤨

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🤘Seattle Space Needle🤘 is the coolest of them all🏴‍☠️and yes it is a real flying saucer! .........Yes it is!!🤙also why are all the other with the exception of the Washington Monument & of course the Space Needle so damn ugly!?☠️🔥...... ......I jest..... maybe