Paris removes Olympic rings from Eiffel Tower.
Paris removes Olympic rings from Eiffel Tower.
The Olympic rings placed on the Eiffel Tower since June were removed early Friday, although the Paris City Hall hopes to replace them with a more permanent structure until 2028.
Yes, they remove them so they can install the permanent ones.
Wasn't that obvious? It would be crazy to keep them for other 4 years
Well, the tower was also supposed to be temporary and yet, it's still there 137 years later.
They should have kept them there, like badges. Collected more and gotten totally blinged out. It should have a badge for WWII.
Apparently we have the Nazis to thank (?) for that. It was going to be pulled down but it made a very good radio transmitter antenna, so it stayed up
I'd rather keep the rings and remove Paris
criticism from heritage campaigners – as well as Eiffel's descendants – who believe that keeping the Olympic logo would be an affront on the 135-year-old tower, which they say was not designed to display "an advertising sign"
The Eiffel Tower was originally meant to be a temporary structure built for the 1889 World's Fair. Shall we stick to the plan and finally dismantle it?
Eiffel had a permit for the tower to stand for 20 years. It was to be dismantled in 1909, when its ownership would revert to the City of Paris. The city had planned to tear it down [..}