I was impressed by the Seattle Space Needle, which I believe was one of the first of its kind when it opened in the early 1960’s, and is a great example of Modernist design.
It was an incredible daring design, particularly because it was primarily designed and envisioned in the 1950’s.
It’s actually more impressive at night, when the light shines up on it a dramatic fashion.
I zoomed in on this person below us on the street from the observation deck. It’s actually shorter than the Gateway Arch.
I have no idea why the top of the Space Needle is orange, as it’s not normally that color. I noticed that it bears a striking resemblance to the Planetarium in Forest Park.
This is an ancient post, but in case you never solved the mystery, in 2012 the Needle was given its 1962 livery to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Century 21 Exposition. (Known as the Seattle World’s Fair outside Western Washington.)
This is actually what brought me to your blog, because I saw it there in an image search and thought, why has that blogger chosen a 50-year-old old photo to illustrate a travel article? Turns out it is old (now), but not _that_ old.
(By the way, things could’ve been worse. The original paint job was orange all the way to the ground. )
Wow, that must have been wild when it was all orange!