Dan Corson's "Sonic Boom" adds a colorful frisson to a ground view of Seattle's Space Needle.
Built for a World's Fair, it's been iconic for more than 60 years.
The elevators--which operate at a speed of 10 m.p.h.--have been computerized since my first visit, when my father and I were returning from Alaska.
This view cost $2 in 1980. In the upper right hand corner, you dimly can see the Kingdome, imploded in 2000, when Zoltan was just ten,
If he hadn't suggested I get a comparison shot, I could have saved $37.80, the price of a senior admission.
But you really can't beat the views, especially on a sunny day. Here's looking north to Lake Union. The arrow points to Gas Works Park, not far from Zoltan's neighborhood, where I shot the video below.
For the past five years, visitors have been able to look through the revolving glass floor, which takes 45 minutes to complete a circuit.
I lasted about two. MPop beckoned!
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