Eiffel's Revolutionary Tower
1889 AD
1889 1889
02.17E48.52N
ARC

PARIS, FRANCE
	Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was not a popular man when he started building a huge steel-frame tower that would overlook Paris.  The structure was just too different and the critics didn't like it at all.
	In 1887, the leading artists of Paris signed a petition to have what they regarded as a monstrosity torn down immediately.
	Fortunately for Paris, their call was ignored.  And though Parisians didn't liked it at first, they began to grow fond of the structure they initially called a "cyclops" and a "skeleton."
	The Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889, just in time to show off for the World's Fair, being held that year in Paris.
	The tower was also a sign of things to come.  Eiffel was taking full advantage of a new building material -- structural steel.  With it he took the first step in creating what would become the modern skyscraper.