Do you like the Eiffel Tower?

[mix]

[mix]

1. proposed modification

[Richardo]

2. Oui, I like the Eiffel Tower

What, they're going to put a rollercoaster on top?

[mix]

3. I do too...I think the idea is to change the viewing experience, not sure though.

http://www.gearfuse.com/architectural-makeover-because-the-eiffel-tower-is-ugly/

[Bunny]

5. I like it, too. I'd like to see it some day, without that goofy thing on top.

That's just wrong. x(

[mix]

6. i do not know if i support such a change

but i don't mind looking at the proposals...the design is very organic

[Richardo]

9. Hey I resent that! What if I'm there at the same time?

Oh you meant the platform as a goofy thing :blush:

[Bunny]

12. Yes, Richardo. I was referring to the platform.

Not that you aren't goofy in your own right, mind you. ;)

:hi:

[Bertha Venation]

28. Richardo is the epitome of goofy.

What with that silly beagle puppy. Soo cute! Puppies are goofy.

[Bunny]

29. Indeed he is, Bertha!

And so is the puppy. Here's a :toast: to both of them!

:hi: Bertha!

[Bertha Venation]

30. hell yeah

:toast: twice :toast:

:hi:

[Schema Thing]

4. I like it. My gf in Paris however thinks it a monstrosity

if this proposed change is for real, I think she'll like it even less.

[mix]

13. ..

[HopeHoops]

7. Fuck no.

It is a giant metal penis - but hey, it is in France so I guess there's some karma going on there.

[EndersDame]

11. Only slightly less phallic then the Washington monument

[HopeHoops]

18. yeah, but that's not made of metal.

[mix]

26. ..

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear mix!

I've been up to the viewing platform, and it is amazing! Alas, no digital pics...

It is a most amazing structure...

I would prefer to see it left as it was originally constructed. I don't think it needs any modifications.

:hi:

[mix]

14. Hi CaliforniaPeggy

When these pictures (with the proposed modifications) came out, there was an outcry about changing such an iconic structure, to the point that the pictures were branded a "hoax." The firm that produced the designs, however, insists that there was indeed a competition to change the tower's design and structure. Who knows?
http://www.core77.com/blog/archive/200804.asp

[EndersDame]

10. Its greatest purpose is to be blown up with other landmarks in Summer Movies

:silly:

[mix]

15. It helps us focus our fears, I agree.

[EndersDame]

17. to be fair I love it when any nation's monuments get blown up

i am so totally going to watch 2012 for the disaster porn. Being an oldschool pyrotechnic movie special effects person would be a dream job but everything is gone digital now and the job wouldn't be as fun

[TrogL]

16. It was partially closed for repairs when I was there

We could only go to the Premier étage.

It was still a magnificent view, showing the huge apartment buildings surrounding the part of the city where they won't allow high-rise development.

[NJmaverick]

19. What's not to like

it was the first man made structure to exceed the hight of the pyramids.

[mix]

20. I did not know that, thanks.

:hi:

[Tyrone Slothrop]

24. That's not right

Both the Cologne Cathedral and the Washington Monument were completed before the Eiffel Tower and both are taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza.

(Also, there was some dispute over its height, but the Lincoln Cathedral was allegedly taller than the Pyramids and constructed well before the Cologne Cathedral or the Washington Monument.)

[mix]

25. i love an historical debate !

:hi:
maybe we can get some documentation ?

[NJmaverick]

35. Well the special I watched on the tower was wrong then

thank you for the update and correction.

[jberryhill]

37. Weren't the pyramids man made? /nt

[mix]

41. of course not

;)

[bigwillq]

21. Yes, I think it's cool (nt)

[bikebloke]

22. I've only been up the the second stage.

My first backpacking trip back in '77. I thought I'd save some money. It's up to the next generation to make the top.

In the Great War, my grandfather was wounded and gassed. They sent him to Paris to convalesce. Later, it was a family story that he saw the Eiffel Tower from a distance.

My father was in the Merchant Marine and walked around the base of the tower on leave.

Then me the nascent world traveller.

Four generations to make it to the top.

[mix]

23. beautiful memories...thanks

:hi:

[Bertha Venation]

27. No, but I like one of Eiffel's other projects.

He built the skeleton for the Statue of Liberty.

[Arugula Latte]

31. C'est superb!

[mix]

32. That's french, right?

:hi:

[Arugula Latte]

33. Probably not spelled correctly, though!

:hi:

[heartlessrock]

56. b

:-)

[Taverner]

34. Sure, why the hell not?

[mix]

43. ..

[GreenPartyVoter]

36. I kissed my bf on it years ago. :)

[mix]

44. that's wonderful, to have that romantic memory tied to it

for me, it has always been beautiful but distant... :hi:

[Swede]

38. But of course,mon ami.

[mix]

39. apparently there's one in vegas

i love that town

[Demoiselle]

40. I don't like it, I LOVE it.

And I love Paris...every last square inch of it.
C'est tout.

[mix]

42. moi aussi

:hi:

[pokerfan]

45. America!

Fuck Yeah!

[mix]

46. excellent, LOL

[MicaelS]

47. It's gorgeous!

I think it's one of the modern wonders of the world.

[I Have A Dream]

48. I had lunch at Jules Verne (the restaurant in the Eiffel Tower)...

the first time that I visited Paris. It really added to my appreciation of the Eiffel Tower.

[grace0418]

49. The last time I was there was in February 2000, so all the lights from the New Years 2000

celebration were still lit. At night it looked like a sparkly champagne bottle. It was so beautiful. I've been to Paris 3 times and never tire of looking at it.

[mix]

50. me neither

:hi:

[mix]

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[heartlessrock]

54. wow

great view

[heartlessrock]

55. .

i love it

[MilesColtrane]

57. Palin took one look at it and is now trying to convince the French to drill bébé, drill.

[flying_wahini]

58. funny you should ask

Leaving today for Paris !!!

and there is no place on earth quite like it !

[mix]

59. enjoy! wish i were going

:hi:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

60. It's awesome. Took the wife up there.

The subsequent sex was one of the best I had.