Paris’s most iconic landmark almost never happened. When the Eiffel Tower’s design was made public, critics lined up to denounce it as ungainly and utterly at odds with the city’s elegant stone architecture. Yet when it rose for the World’s Fair of 1889, Parisians’ hostility turned to affection almost overnight. Today the tower is simply unimaginable to be without — each year millions of visitors make their way up its wrought-iron staircase, take the glass elevators skyward, and look out over the sweeping views of the city far below.
ISBN 13: 9780451533845
Author: Dina Anastasio
