“Completed in 1889, the Eiffel Tower was constructed as an attraction for an international exposition. The invention of Gustave Eiffel, a French engineer who specialized in steel construction, the tower was the tallest structure on earth until 1929 when the Chrysler Building in New York surpassed it. It is still the tallest structure in Paris. At nine hundred eighty-four feet, its conspicuous height almost resulted in its dismantling after the exposition, as it has not always been popular with Parisians. Many petitioned for its removal, calling the tower a monstrosity and blight on the
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