Yamasaki Arches; five hundred-foot-high Gothic arches were created by the former Seattle architect Minoru Yamasaki for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. They were supposed to be a temporary installation. However, they were so beautiful they became a permanent and historic landmark. Ironically, two of Yamasaki’s other creations, these meant to be permanent, the Twin Towers in New York City, were destroyed by terrorists on September 11, 2001.
