The best thing about Seattle's 605-foot iconic erection is that from the moment you step into its elevator en route to the observation deck until the moment you step out back on ground level your view of Seattle was wonderful. That is because you do not see the Space Needle from the Space Needle.
A tacky post-Sputnik architectural reaction, it was built for the 1962 World's Fair. Many here await its blast-off into space.
As if the Needle needed an additional layer of tackiness, it served as the backdrop to the movie It Happened at the World's Fair starring Elvis Presley.
Tacky enough the rest of the year, on 4th of July and New Years Eve it goes 9/11 on our asses except that usually no one gets hurt. However, even though Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and their many minions live within a half hour of the Needle, a computer board mishap occurred during our last New Year's Eve fireworks show, and the grand finally occurred within the first five minutes.
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Dad blast it, Steve, you're stepping on a lot of toes with your disrespectful lambasting of our Beloved Needle! I can still remember the thrill as a little kid watching it being built in 1961-62, and that first ride in the elevator up to the top. Now if you want to make a Needle-related gripe it could be about the restaurant, which even after 45 years and about 100 incarnations STILL doesn't get it right!
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