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Originally Posted by HurricaneHugo
What's the purpose of the Eiffel Tower and the Arch?
Just observation decks?
Put an observation deck on here and boom it has a function.
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Eiffel Tower was a well thought out and super progressive engineering accomplishment - it had a specific purpose, it was to act as a gateway and landmark for the world's fair. It has a program and no one ever disputes that it doesn't serve a modern day purpose. Same can be said about the STL arch - gateway for western expansion, but more importantly it is fully integrated into the plan of the city. Everything that's done in that town is sensitive to the arch.
The wings on the water mean nothing. they're out of scale and seemingly designed with little meaning and serves no purpose.... other than looking like junk on the water. It's sculpture, not architecture.