The Space Needle

So today the Weedle's home turns 50 years old, construction on the Space Needle began on April 17, 1961.  Giving the workers 369 days to complete the structure prior to opening the 21th Century Exposition.  The World's Fair if you were wondering what I was talking about.  Not only has the Needle been a star in children's books, but also in the movie, "It Happened at the World's Fair," and the television movie classic, "10.5," oh and those classic glasses from the world's fair.  

10.5 maybe the best though, as not only is it the Spinal Tap of geologist movies, as the Richter scale only goes to 10, the concrete Space Needle collapses like a doug fir on to a smug bicycle messenger.  Whereas smug bicycle messengers are not fictional, a concrete Space Needle is, as it is made of steel, like Superman.

Space Needle is a funny thing, I've lived here my entire life and have only be in the thing twice, once about 1977 and again in March of this year.  It isn't worth going to the top, but I cannot image the skyline without it.  So here is to another 50 years.  Tonight's photos from the most recent trip to the Needle.   

Dan