The tower's simple architecture, large proportions and monolithic appearance have been often criticised for being out of place in Paris's urban landscape and, as a result, two years after its completion, the construction of skyscrapers in the city centre was banned.

The video interacted with the tower's architecture, such as rain rolling off the arch, and showing the passage of time with moving shadows.

Accompanied by a 40-year-old civilian named Allen Crum — whom the trio encountered as they ran towards the tower — McCoy, Ramirez and Day were the first individuals to reach the tower's observation deck.

The tower's guy-wires were not protected against corrosion and failed due to rust and storm winds.

Each of the tower's 800 windows were covered with vinyl, while 16 powerful projectors on the other side of the river beamed images onto it.

On September 13, 2008, many of the tower's windows were blown out as Hurricane Ike moved through the area leaving desks exposed, metal blinds hanging in a twisted heap and smoky black glass covering the streets below.

The tubes were provided with a control system through which grout was injected into the ground to compensate for settlement detected from detailed measurements of the clock tower's position.

The church suffered from fire in 1857, when the tower's roof and the bells were destroyed.

In 1992, radiocarbon dating tests of the tower's mortar were undertaken by a team of researchers from Denmark and Finland.

On 30 August 2008, the tower's observation floors were opened to the public.

In the 1930s both of the tower's clocks were replaced by a metallic clock placed on the western corner of the tower.

In 2000, sculptures by Czech artist David Černý of crawling babies were temporarily attached to the tower's pillars.

Because of fears that the tower's incredibly powerful radio waves might cause health problems, a large number of villagers who had once farmed the land directly under and around the tower were migrated to a block-style apartment building in the center of Gąbin, where many still reside today.

It is believed that considerable efforts were made to reduce the cost of the tower's construction, which took place during a time when rising oil prices ended the development boom of the 1960s making an increasingly hostile economic climate.

The Shorewood village attorney opined that the lighted " 6 " sign might violate the village's lighted sign ordinance, but that the lights affixed to the tower's legs were legal.

Although the design was largely identical to the previous scheme, the tower's crown and southern façades were refined.

The functions traditionally done in the church basement are now performed in a space reserved for the church on the third floor of the tower's east side.

However, a French court ruled, in June 1990, that a special lighting display on the tower in 1989, for the tower's 100th anniversary, was an " original visual creation " protected by copyright.

Just as work began at the Champ de Mars, the " Committee of Three Hundred " ( one member for each metre of the tower's height ) was formed, led by Charles Garnier and including some of the most important figures of the French arts establishment, including Adolphe Bouguereau, Guy de Maupassant, Charles Gounod and Jules Massenet: a petition was sent to Charles Alphand, the Minister of Works, and was published by Le Temps.

Ambrosius was rumoured to be such a child, but when brought before the king, he revealed the real reason for the tower's collapse: below the foundation was a lake containing two dragons who destroyed the tower by fighting.

The tower's tilt began during construction, caused by an inadequate foundation on ground too soft on one side to properly support the structure's weight.

The tower's main selling point was that building it would be financed by private money, as opposed to tax-payer money.

Saruman was then locked in Orthanc and guarded by Treebeard, but was set free a short time later, turning the tower's keys over to Treebeard before leaving and taking Gríma with him.

At 233 meters, the Macau Tower's tethered " skyjump " and Bungee jump by AJ Hackett from the tower's outer rim, is the second highest commercial skyjump in the world, after Vegas ' Stratosphere skyjump at 260 meters.

The tower's image was adopted by the Yale Herald, a weekly student newspaper, for its masthead.

A 1994 plan to increase the tower's height to 561 metres by adding an antenna was not implemented for lack of funding.

The last word of the transmission – heard by the airport control tower's radio operator as " STENDEC " – has never been satisfactorily explained.

* 54 / F: The hotel lobby and Grand café, served by an express elevator from the tower's ground floor.

This was caused by the reduction in the number of the tower's legs ; the increased pressure on each leg caused subsidence.

Work began on replacement of the full-height mast with a more durably-built structure on April 1, 1998, and had reached the tower's previous height by July 30.

Local villagers paid for the towers and watchmen, known as torregiani, who would signal the approach of unexpected ships by lighting a beacon fire on the tower's roof.

At 300 m, the tower's height exceeds the previous tallest structure in the world by 130 m. The Galerie des machines, designed by architect Ferdinand Dutert and engineer Victor Contamin, at 111 m, spans the longest interior space in the world at this time.

As with other downtown buildings, the tower's setbacks and spires are accented by colored lights at night.

In spite of being approved by both USAir and the airport authority as not posing a hazard, on May 15, 1989, a ruling by the Federal Aviation Administration stated that the tower's height would potentially jeopardize some flights taking off and landing at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport.

Designed by architect Erwin Heinle, the tower's construction began in 1974.

When the stream of high speed projectiles reaches the bottom of the tower it is then bent through 90 degrees by a magnet at the tower's base so that it is traveling parallel to Earth's surface, through a large circular underground tunnel similar to a particle accelerator.

The downward force from the weight of the tower is transmitted solely by the stream of projectiles to the bending magnet at the tower's base, and so no materials with extraordinary compressive strength are needed to support the tower itself.

The tower's architect and engineer is Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.

On the tower's plaza, the first Kabila regime erected a tall statue of Lumumba with a raised hand, greeting people coming from N ' djili Airport.

This was done on the proposal and the draught of Christopher Galloway from England, who was summoned to design the new tower's clock ( clock watch it there with the 1585 ) and suggested the arrangement of the tent roof over the clock.

During the dedication ceremony, with several dignitaries in attendance, public relations chief Dan Bigelow turns on the tower's exterior lights to impress them and the other 294 guests arriving for a party in the Promenade Room on the 135th floor.

Kim Jong-il is officially credited as the tower's designer ; however, interviews with former North Korean officials contradict this assertion.

As a final modernist touch, the short sides of the parallelogram are marked with a deep vertical notch, breaking up the tower's mass and emphasizing its verticality.

Looking north-east over Melbourne CBD from Skydeck 88, with reflections in the tower's gold plated windows

The tower's base requires a foundation capable of supporting the weight of the tower, but this can be constructed with conventional materials available cheaply on Earth's surface.

There are 217 steps from the ground to the top, with 199 steps in the tower's cast iron spiral staircase.

In late 2009, it was announced that Brookfield Properties, the owners of First Canadian Place would follow the example of Aon Center and replace, over the course of three years, the tower's 45, 000 marble panels with new ones in glass ( not granite like Aon Center ), those on the main expanses with a white ceramic frit and the corners in a bronze tint.

This unit was combined into a portion of the tower's mechanical and storage space above it ( similar to the top floor unit in the north tower ), creating a triplex with over of interior space, multiple terraces and 360-degree views from all floors.

The second proposal was accepted but as the Ministry's completion neared, a metal spire, dyed to match the building's exterior ( and presumably ordered by Joseph Stalin ), was hastily added to tower's roof, assimilating its silhouette with those of the other Sisters.

Prof. Ahmadov believes that the tower was used as an astronomical observatory from the time of this reconstruction, due to the fact that 30 hewed stone protuberances on the tower's lower section and the 31 protuberances on the upper section, linked with a stone belt, correlate to the days of the month.

According to school publicity the tower's form is laden with Christian symbolism.

The tower's " upward spiral " is intended to mirror one's relationship with God.

In the same time the Library Hall, located above the church and only accessible along the tower's ramp, is an active cultural venue with both exhibitions and a busy concert schedule.