While it's hard to imagine Seattle's Space Needle looking any other way, few people know that the iconic 'flying saucer' design wasn't the original choice. From the Series: Aerial Cities: Seattle bit.ly/2IO3JM0
Whoa! What "CONCRETE LEGS"?! Needle has STEEL LEGS not concrete. Pedestals at foot of Needle are made of concrete, foundation is.concrete, (and steel) but legs are all steel, made by United States Steel! C'mon "Smith!
I was in Seattle last October. The Space Needle was the main reason of my travel to Seattle from Indianapolis I really enjoyed visiting the Space needle I just was was sunny that day so I could see further at the top of the needle
I didn't make it the year it opened, but I did the following year. I have been to the top many times over the ensuing decades, but never ate there until about twelve years ago and have done so many times since.....even though for us it is a 1,000 mile drive from central CA. Absolutely incomparable experience and well worth the price.
There is another video on RU-vid featuring the designer's son. He pulls out the original blue prints and no difference. Perhaps what the Smithsonian was getting at was the multiple submissions for design that in the end weren't chosen. Born and raised in Seattle and just out of the stroller for the World's Fair in 1962. The height of the Space Needle was terrifying.
That's Awesome! My wife and I were there in 2011 and we really enjoyed our time there! Check out my Space needle videos when you get a chance to. Thanks