The Space Needle is a 605-foot-tall observation tower that has been a landmark tourist attraction in Seattle, welcoming more than 60 million visitors since it opened on April 21, 1962. It cost 4.5 million to build and precisely 400 days to construct. The Space Needle is a modernistic totem of the Seattle World’s Fair. Edward “Eddie” Carlson saw the potential of a Space Age tower as a symbol for the fair and the Seattle skyline. in 1999, the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board approved the designation of the Space Needle as a “historic landmark.” The assignment was made official on April 19th by the Seattle City Council.
Chapters:
00:00 The Space Needle is a symbol of the Seattle World’s Fair
00:59 Edward E. Carlson was inspired to make the Space Needle
02:51 Who imagined the shape of the space needle?
03:07 The Space Needle’s placement in the city
03:32 Financing the Space Needle
03:51 Construction of the Space Needle
06:03 When The Space Needle opened for the World’s Fair
06:44 The Space Needle’s in pop culture
08:17 Stunts at The Space Needle
10:05 The Space Needle rotating restaurant
11:11 The Space Needle’s firework productions
12:09 Events hosted at the Space Needle
12:52 “The Century Project” restoration of the Space Needle
14:08 Why the Legacy Light, or sky beam, was added to the Space Needle
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Grey's Autonomy???
How could it have been closed for the Columbus Day storm in 1961 when it didn't open until 1962?
Ya'll should do a video on the tower from the Texas 1968 Hemisphere Fair!!! 🤠👍
I guess it looks like a UFO — at least in a blurry photo.
Another outstanding video! Thank you!
Purple and gray? UW is purple and gold!
Grey's Autonomy? The people of the Ukraine want to maintain their autonomy. Medical students study ANATOMY!!! 🤣
The government hiding ufos in plain sight, at the time area 51 was still in its infancy and this was one of the first attempts to hide any proof of extraterrestrials. Alf was the first..
It's Grey's ANATOMY, not Autonomy
Thank you for your content.
Reminds Me of Centrepoint Tower Sydney Australia. I think it's called AMP tower now. Anyway very similar. I've had dinner & drinks there & loved it. I would love to visit the Needle.I don't know, but I think the Needle might have been around longer than Centrepoint.
How did it close due to the storm in 61 if it didn't open till 62?
GREY'S AUTONOMY ?!? LOL
There is no u in anatomy.
I still have a bumpersticker from the fair! Raise your hand if you proposed to your significant other at the Needle. (my hand is raised).
7:39 grey's what now?
From what I have seen, Nirvana and Pearl Jam liked to play on the needle quite frequently.
43 to 8. I'll remember that Super Bowl for the rest of my life 💙💙💚💙💙
I actually went to Seattle and went to the space needle I saw the moving glass floor and all of the other stuff I like their food there they have one of the best hotdogs there and I flew Southwest airlines there
Grey's "autonomy"? Lol
You mean it looks like the Hollywood interpretation of a UFO
7:38 – that is not how you pronounce "anatomy"
Grey’s autonomy?!?!
Think about what the letter "U" in UFO stands for.
So why is it used so widely to characterise objects wich have been determined as alien spacecraft?