The Tower All of Paris Wanted Torn Down
When Gustave Eiffel unveiled his iron tower for the 1889 World's Fair, three hundred of France's most prominent artists and intellectuals signed a furious petition...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24.
When Gustave Eiffel unveiled his iron tower for the 1889 World's Fair, three hundred of France's most prominent artists and intellectuals signed a furious petition against it. They called it "a dishonor to the city," a "metal asparagus," a grotesque skeleton of bolts and beams that would scar the Parisian skyline forever. The city council granted a twenty-year permit, fully expecting it would be dismantled in 1909.…
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