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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-28-09 12:51 AM
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Original blueprints of the Eiffel Tower
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/24/original-blueprints.html



At the Eiffel Tower's official web site, you can check out scans of the original blueprints created by Gustave Eiffel in preparation for the 1889 World's Fair. The famous tower in Paris was the source of much controversy (many thought its skeletal design ruined the classical cityscape) and remained the tallest structure in the world until the Chrysler Building in 1930.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-28-09 12:55 AM
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1. Those are wonderful!
Have you ever been there?

I have......and I've been up to the main viewing platform...

It's amazing.

An incredible structure.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-28-09 12:58 AM
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2. Yes I have! I was a 'jeune fille au pair' when I was 17 and lived in gay
Paree for 6 months, but got homesick. Then my downfall.. :evilgrin:
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