Eiffel

When you look up at the iron lattice of the Eiffel Tower, you are seeing a structure that was never intended to stay. It was built as a temporary entrance for the eighteen eighty-nine World Fair, with a permit that required it to be dismantled after twenty years. Its survival was only secured when Gustave Eiffel championed its utility as a massive radio antenna, proving its strategic value for military and long-distance communications.