I need this for a project so make it good.No dumb answers.Everything must be true and I want to know everything you know about it.
2006-09-28 07:34:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Seattle
WE already checked out search engines.We need a real answer, from a real person.Quick!
2006-09-28 07:39:06 · update #1
First of all, it's the Space Needle, not the Space Tower...That is probably why you can't find the answers you need on a search engine.
I have an annual membership there, so I'm there about once a month on average just to take in the view. Here is a link to some fun facts about it, that should also answer any questions you have:
http://www.spaceneedle.com/about/funfacts.asp
2006-09-28 14:13:46 · answer #1 · answered by seattlecutiepie 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ok. It was built for a World's Fair, 1962 I think. The views from the top are great, but the deck has been ringed around with all kinds of safety wire since the last skydiver jumped off a few years ago. I don't know, but I'm sure there have been suicides as well. Fireworks are set off on July 4th and the New Year every year; they're pretty good. You can buy all kinds of tourist crap in the gift shop at the top, but if they still have them,the wooden slugs are the best. There's a really lifelike one you can hang on the lip of a coffee mug; it's great.
It costs about 10 bucks to go up now, if I remember. Too much. And they make you have your picture taken, and try to sell it to you later.
The restaurant at the top is too pricey; don't go for the food. Don't get me wrong, the food is good, but it's on a par with a lot of restaurants in Seattle that serve 'Pacific Northwest Cuisine.' If you go, it's the revolving view that's worth the money, at least once. A good place to take someone you want to impress.
They paint the top pretty frequently. It must have a foot of paint layers on it now. There's a weather camera on it you can access online that will show you the sky all the way to Rainier on a good day; I check it when I want to know the weather, because Seattle weathermen aren't very reliable.
It's in the Seattle Center; right next to the EMP, Paul Allen's funky music museum. Architecturally, they complement one another, oddly enough.
Hope this helps!
2006-09-28 14:58:30 · answer #2 · answered by functionary01 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
When you do more online research pay special attention to the information about the prank a local news station did re: the Space Needle. They did an April Fool's joke on TV, showing pictures of rubble and all that. The station made everyone believe that the Space Needle fell over. I saw the news cast shortly after leaving Seattle (the same day) and was in shock! I couldn't believe it. Many people were fooled and that station later apologized.
2006-10-01 23:08:46 · answer #3 · answered by take_me_to_the_beach 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Help! You need a reality check! It's the Space NEEDLE come on everyone knows that. It was built for the 1962 Worlds Fair. It has a 360 revolving restaurant on the top.
2006-09-29 16:28:02 · answer #4 · answered by Linzy Rae 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
check out these web pages
2006-09-28 14:44:30 · answer #5 · answered by kaylub_6 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try using yahoo search, won't get 'dumb' answers that way.
2006-09-28 14:37:53 · answer #6 · answered by usaf.primebeef 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋