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The Story Of The New York Building That Inspired The Eiffel Tower

If you keep random factoids in your brain in case a game of Trivial Pursuit should break out at any moment, you might know that the Tower Building, built in 1889, was New York City's first skyscraper, as PBS explains. Or... was it? That depends on what you think counts as a skyscraper, but what is not up for debate is that the city had a very tall structure over three decades earlier.

The Latting Observatory was built in 1853 and was taller than anything seen in the city before. According to the 1854 work "Francis's New Guide to the Cities of New-York and Brooklyn, and the Vicinity," it was an octagonal-shaped building built of wood and stone, held together with iron beams.

But if it was the first of its kind, what happened to it? And why do so few people even know it existed? This is the untold truth of the Latting Observatory, the forgotten building that inspired the Eiffel Tower.

The 1851 Great Exhibition in London

The Latting Observatory's story starts long before the structure was even a twinkle in its creators' eyes. To discover the reason behind this building in New York City in 1853, you have to go across the pond to England two years previously. It was the Brits who started the "World's Fair" era in 1851 with The Great Exhibition in London, according to Britannica . Prince Albert , the husband of Queen Victoria , who was intelligent and curious but had virtually no responsibilities to take up his time, was very hands-on in the event's planning. Town and Country even calls it "Prince Albert's Great Exhibition," although most people would refer to it as the Crystal Palace Exhibition, for its centerpiece building. To be fair, the V&A notes that Henry Cole, who was later knighted, deserves just as much if not more credit for the exhibition.

The idea was simple: Get the best of cutting-edge science and industry from around the world (but especially Britain and its colonies) and exhibit it all together. This would inspire British inventors, educate the British public, and encourage the purchasing of British products by foreign countries.

By any metric, the exhibition was a massive success. In the five and a half months it was open, 6 million people, or about 1/3 of the population of the entire country, visited the 100,000 exhibits in the stunning temporary structure – the Crystal Palace (pictured) – purpose-built for the event. It made so much money for science and art education that its effect on funding scholarships is still being felt today.

The Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations

The Great Exhibition in London was a huge success in almost every way. But it had been in England, and maybe a young, upstart country that had only gotten their freedom from them 75 years before couldn't help but want to show they could put on their own cool exhibition, so there! It was this New York City-based rip-off of the British event, held just two years later, and which would be known as The Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, that the Latting Observatory (pictured far left) was actually built to take advantage of.

New Yorkers were not the only foreigners to copy the Brits. According to Britannica , over the next 35 years, there would be dozens of imitators held around the world. However, America's first attempt wasn't subtle, as they built their own Crystal Palace  (pictured center) for their exhibit, which meant it was colloquially called the New York Crystal Palace Exhibition. The exhibits inside the Crystal Palace in Bryant Park were also very similar to what visitors to the London version would have seen. The biggest original addition inside was an extensive display of sculptures.

But outside the Crystal Palace, there was something much different. Something that was completely and unequivocally original: The Latting Observatory . Stretching to the sky just outside the exhibition hall, it was a modern marvel. And although it was a private financial venture , because it was right there and built at the same time, everyone assumed it was an official part of the exhibition.

Who was Latting?

The Latting Observatory was such an unusual and eye-catching structure for its time that people in New York City believed there was only one guy who could have thought it up. "Almost everyone has named this Barnum's Tower, under the belief that the great showman is at the bottom of it," the 1854 work "Francis's New Guide to the Cities of New-York and Brooklyn, and the Vicinity" stated. "But such is not the fact: Mr. B. has no special interest in any of affair [sic] of public entertainment in the City except the American Museum."

In reality, Waring Latting came up with the idea and design, yet he was considered so un-notable that if he was mentioned at all in contemporary accounts, it was usually just his name and no extra information about the man. So unimportant was he that "Francis's New Guide" even gets his name wrong, calling him "Warren Latting." We do know he didn't design it for any lofty reasons, and the observatory wasn't even an official part of the exhibition. Instead, he was simply looking to make a profit off the event, which was expected to be a huge financial success like the London version.

Latting didn't stop getting involved in notable building work after the observatory. The Library of Congress has a letter Latting wrote to President Abraham Lincoln in 1864, informing him that "a number of patriotic citizens [have] organized themselves into an association for the purpose of erecting a suitable Memorial to our brave soldiers" and asking the (assumedly pretty busy) commander-in-chief to attend an upcoming meeting of the group.

The Latting Observatory was the tallest building in North America

These days, New York City – specifically Manhattan – is synonymous with huge buildings stretching to the sky. So it's difficult to comprehend just how tall the Latting Observatory would have seemed to people in the 1850s. Back then, the tallest building on the island, according to The New York Times , was Trinity Church. The church's spire reached an impressive 290 feet, although while it might have reminded worshippers to look to the heavens in awe, it wasn't like people could get to the top and have a look around. It was decorative height, not functional height.

The Latting Observatory, on the other hand, had height that was built to be put to use, not just look pretty. Contemporary accounts give different heights for the finished tower, although most agree it was at least 300 feet, possibly as much as 315. Some reports , including one in The New York Evening Post (and reprinted in the Southern Weekly Post ), said it reached 350 feet.

The result was a lot of very scared people, who were convinced the thing could not be safe. Per  a 1930 article in The New York Times citing contemporary reporting on the building of the Latting Observatory, so many New Yorkers were convinced that something so tall would be a death trap that extra inspections were undertaken, and an outside architecture firm released a report on it. The final conclusion on the building was that it would "be perfectly safe for the purpose for which it [was] designed."

The building's elevator was a modern marvel (maybe)

The introduction of what was essentially a skyscraper meant people had to find a way to get up to the top. And while the population might have been fitter in those days, all those stairs were still not fun. A New York Times reporter who made the trek reported, "The ascent is a little fatiguing, but it aids the digestion" (via "From Ascending Rooms to Express Elevators" ).

Other publications were quick to reassure their readers that one didn't have to suffer so much to get to the top ... if one was brave enough. A newfangled contraption, the elevator, would be installed in the Latting Observatory. "At distances of 100, 200, and 300 feet, passengers will be lifted by a steam car to landings," Scientific American explained. The New York Times expanded on this description a bit, writing, "A well 15 feet in diameter will be carried the whole way up, through which personas will be hoisted to the different landings." For those who didn't like the sound of that, though, "There will also be a spiral staircase." But there was no need to fear, The New York Mirror promised (reprinted in the Natchez Daily Courier ), since, in the elevator, one could "sit in ease and safety, and be gently raised by steam power to the highest apartment."

However, while Elisha Otis definitely demonstrated his elevator in the neighboring Crystal Palace exhibition center (pictured), "From Ascending Rooms..." believes there's reasonable doubt these elevators were ever actually installed as promised in the observatory.

The view was incredible

If you had quite a bit of spending money lying around, you could hop on a plane to Dubai tomorrow, look out the window from 40,000 feet in the air, and then once you landed, go to the Burj Khalifa and take some very fast elevators up to the observation deck on the 148 th floor. With heights like these a regular part of the world now, the height of the Latting Tower can only seem a bit ... unimpressive. But for those individuals who had quite literally never seen the world from that angle before (unless, for some reason, they had been up in a hot air balloon), it would be closer to modern people going up in a spaceship and seeing Earth from that vantage point.

There were three observation platforms on different levels of the building, the third being near the very top, according to The New York Times , where there were telescopes installed. "On the most elevated floor will be placed a superior instrument, which will afford a clean, and, we need not say, most impressive view, commanding over land and ocean, bay, and river, of 50 of 60 miles!" The New York Mirror exclaimed (reprinted in The Democrat ). People had never seen anything like it, and contemporary reporting focused heavily on the panoramic view .

Even decades later, according to The New York Times , people were still amazed enough by the view to pay $75-100 in 1912 money for a copy of the most famous etching of the vista (pictured).

A young Mark Twain was impressed by the observatory

While Samuel Clemens (pictured in 1851) undoubtedly wrote letters, notes, and stories as a child, none of that juvenilia survives, according to "The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 1, 1853-1866" (via Project Gutenberg ). The first writings in his hand that historians have discovered are from a trip he took around the U.S., including to New York City, in the summer of 1853, right at the beginning of the 16-month run of the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations. So it's certain that the 17-year-old Clemens not only saw the Latting Observatory but also wrote to his sister about it in the earliest letter of his known to still exist.

While it only merited one line, the future Mark Twain approved of the record-setting structure, writing, "The Latting Observatory (height about 280 feet) is near the [Crystal] Palace — from it you can obtain a grand view of the city and the country round." However, this astonishing building was not as impressive to him as another of New York's marvels: "The Croton Aqueduct, to supply the city with water, is the greatest wonder yet."

After the fair failed, the Latting Observatory became a tourist attraction

The 1851 Great Exhibition in London had been a complete triumph and a source of national pride. The Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City ... was not. If the goal of the U.S. in putting on their own exhibition was to show they could do it better, then they categorically failed. "America's Industrial Exhibition, which was to eclipse royalty, is nothing more than a Wall Street stock jobbing enterprise," the Alta California newspaper reported in August 1853 (via "The Finest Building in America: The New York Crystal Palace, 1853-1858" ). Britannica writes that the exhibition's investors lost a ton of money.

Still, New York was a busy place, so there was no reason a unique building like the Latting Observatory couldn't succeed as a tourist attraction. A handbill from the time (pictured, via the Bard Graduate Center ) informed the public that the second floor was now a "Ladies' Ice Cream & Refreshment Saloon." You could enjoy any meal of the day there, and even hire it out for private parties.

But the Latting Observatory would only last as a tourist attraction a little longer than the exhibition itself. Despite its record-breaking height and amazing view, it also failed to make money. It was sold to a marble company that used it for storage, according to "From Ascending Rooms to Express Elevators," and they ruined the one thing that made it unique by removing the top 75 feet from the building.

The Latting Observatory was destroyed in a fire

On August 30, 1859, a fire in a shop spread to nearby buildings, and soon the mostly-wooden Latting Observatory was engulfed in flames. The destruction of the observatory might have been its most popular day ever, considering The New York Times had a reporter on the scene who wrote that "the spectacle drew together an immense number of spectators from all parts of the City." The author of the 1885 work "Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies and Volunteer Fire Departments of New York and Brooklyn" wrote that the conflagration of the observatory "presented one of the grandest spectacles imaginable." And The Pittsfield Sun reported (via "The Finest Building in America" ), "A sheet of flame perfectly white extended from the bottom to the top of the building ... a fearful but brilliant sight to the thousands on the ground."

A 1912 article in The New York Times quoted an extremely vague source explaining contemporary feelings after the fire, writing "it was said at the time" that "the destruction of the observatory is a loss to the city. The stranger will no longer be enabled to take in at one glance this great metropolis, but must be content to view it in sections at much trouble and expense."

The Crystal Palace also caught fire but was saved (until a different fire destroyed it a couple of years later). The New York Times reported that more than a dozen buildings were destroyed, adding up to $150,000 worth of damage. After the fire, no taller structure would be built in New York City until the New York World Building in 1890, per New York YIMBY .

Most people forgot the building had ever existed

Even though the Latting Observatory was literally the tallest building in America, even though it was arguably Manhattan's first skyscraper, people almost immediately forgot about it. But in a time when the news was much more localized, it's perhaps understandable that those outside New York City didn't long remember a building they had only read about in the newspaper a few times. What is more surprising is that the entire city of New York also got collective amnesia, like the Mandala effect, but with the result of wiping a memory completely rather than just misremembering.

A 1912 article in The New York Times opined that "probably few even of the oldest inhabitants remember ... the famous Latting Observatory." One year later, a Brooklyn paper, the Times Union , proved this fact when a letter to the editor asked when the observatory (no name given) and the Crystal Palace burned down. As the writer's chosen nom de plume was "39 Years Reader," one would assume they were not particularly young and had lived in the area for at least four decades, yet they did not know this information. Nor, however, did the newspaper's editors, who were able to supply the year for the destruction of the Crystal Place, but after "a careful search," could find no information on the observatory (which, again, was not named).

By 1930, a tidbit on the Latting Observatory being New York's first skyscraper was syndicated in newspapers across the country as a fun "did you know?" fact for readers. The expectation was that, no, they did not know. The building had been forgotten.

The Latting Observatory inspired the Eiffel Tower

Looking at images of the Latting Observatory, you probably can't help but notice that it bears a bit of a resemblance to a much more famous tower. And if you don't know when the Eiffel Tower was constructed, you might assume the New York building was simply a bad attempt to copy the famous French one and bring a bit of Paris sophistication across the pond.

But it was actually the other way around: The Latting Observatory was an influence on the construction and design of the Eiffel Tower, which was dreamed up three decades later for a Paris world's fair. The eponymous engineer of the latter structure admitted this himself, according to an article in the 1889 volume of "Engineering News and American Railway Journal," which stated that Gustave Eiffel "acknowledges that the original idea of a 1,000-ft. tower was borrowed from America."

Not that the publication was willing to defend the Latting Observatory's looks over the beautiful Eiffel Tower. The same article called the observatory "simply a well-braced 'observation mast,' rising from an extremely ugly base, built without regard to beauty or form..." The author did not feel the same way about the Eiffel Tower, however, writing it is "in itself a thing of surpassing grace and the one great decorative feature of the most successful world's fair ever held."

The Latting Observatory also inspired some less-famous architects and inventors

While being (arguably) the first New York skyscraper, influencing the design of the Eiffel Tower, and getting the seal of approval from Mark Twain would be enough bragging rights for any edifice, the effects of the Latting Observatory's brief time in existence had even more far-reaching effects than that.

If your first thought on seeing the observatory was that it was a dead ringer for an oil derrick, you were right. George Henry Bissell was a lawyer practicing in New York City when the Latting Observatory was constructed, according to "The Finest Building in America," and within a couple of years, he'd invented the remarkably similar-looking oil derrick and erected some in Pennsylvania (pictured). He also had a friend who shared his interest in the possibilities of oil, and that guy was involved with the Crystal Palace Association. There's almost no way Bissell wouldn't have been familiar with the observatory, and his invention was clearly influenced by the design.

Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes was born almost a decade after the Latting Observatory was destroyed by a fire. But according to the biography "Love, Fiercely: A Gilded Age Romance," which chronicles his life and marriage, the boy who would grow up to become an architect, collector of maps, and a renowned expert on New York City's geographic history was "obsessed" with his copy of the etching of the view from the top of the observatory. Considering the interests he chose to pursue as an adult, it's not a stretch to say that image inspired his whole career.

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Replica at Epcot center

Replica of the Eiffel tower at Epcot center (United States)

Epcot center (Floride)

In Florida there are a lot of amusement parks, Florida is a resort destination. Disney settled there and opened, in addition to its magic kingdom and its studios, a park named EPCOT Center. It is a succession of 12 hamlets arranged around a lake. Each hamlet is country-themed. That of France has a theater, various shops, and so that the decor is complete, a miniature Eiffel Tower. Well, it's still 23m high, for a ratio of 1:14 th .

It's pretty well done, its proportions are good and the curve that the pillars take is correct. She does not visit.

Replica of the technological museum

Replica of the Eiffel tower at the technological museum of Georgia (United States)

Technological museum (Georgia)

This is a Replica of the Eiffel Tower in Meccano, the famous building game that generations of children have used. She was assembled at the Technology Museum of Georgia in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, during the year 1990-1991. Alas in 2004 this museum closed and the tower was dismantled and abandoned.

It was 11m50 high for a weight of 420Kg, which is rather light for such a size, knowing that the Meccano is metal. It required 15,672 pieces, 29,880 bolts and 826 hours of work. Its shape is quite correct, if not a corner too pronounced at the first floor, the actual tower is a little more curved. On the other hand, the floors are well reproduced and the pylon rising to the top is perfect. Note also the excellence of the 3rd floor, a generally sloppy floor but here is very well reproduced.

Replica of Boise

Replica of the Eiffel tower at Boise (United States)

Boise (Idaho)

This little Eiffel Tower is only a few meters high. It is in Ihoa, USA, on a sidewalk in the city of Boise. His reason of being ? The presence of the "Café de Paris" in the city center.

Honestly it does not have a great resemblance with the Parisian tower, one feels that its author did the best but without being able to reproduce exactly the floors since it is only a big bent and worked mesh of so as to make him marry the shapes of the Eiffel Tower. It's quite successful, but it does not give a real copy. The 2nd floor was materialized but not the first, which is rather curious.

Replica of Paris

Replica of the Eiffel tower at Paris (United States)

Paris (Mississippi)

This Eiffel Tower is located in the city of Paris, Michigan (United States). It was built in 1980 by students from the "Mecosta-Osceola Career Center" of Big Rapids, they used slats of metal beds. It is 6.1m high (20 feet), for a scale of 1:55 th . She is currently in a city park, in the shade of trees as shown in this picture.

From the point of view realization at first glance shows that it is very successful, but as soon as we look closer we see that its floors are just marked, that the 3rd is almost nonexistent, and that the top is a little strange anyway ... The fact of having used recovery material does not make perfect, but we must recognize that the work is still good, and as the general aspect is ok, this tower is very nice to watch. Note the accuracy of the curves and the presence of decorations on the first floor.

Replica of Fayetteville

Replica of the Eiffel tower at Fayetteville (United States)

Fayetteville (Caroline du Nord)

The United States owns several copies of the Eiffel Tower on their territory. One of them is well known, she is in Fayetteville, Northern California. There, it is called the Bordeaux tower. It is 45m high and its design is simple, but effective.

It is immediately identified as a copy of the Eiffel Tower thanks to its general shape and its succession of "caissons" (openwork blocks superimposed on each other, this is what makes the Parisian tower), but otherwise it is not a perfect copy. The floors are not very marked, without floor (which is classic on the copies), and the 3rd floor is a free inspiration, with a reminder of the original campanile. But otherwise the decorations are well reproduced. It was painted white for a reason that I do not know.

Replica of Raleigh

Replica of the Eiffel tower at Raleigh (United States)

Raleigh (North Carolina)

This copy of the American Eiffel Tower is little known and yet it is of a very high quality. Its proportions are well respected, the floors well reproduced and even the third floor, however rarely succeeded, and quite correct. It is located in the town of Raleigh, in a shopping area near various bars, restaurants (including a French crèperie) and various shops.

If, in the photo, it seems 'stung' is that it was surrounded, at the time of shooting, many garlands that make it glitter at night.

Replica of Las Vegas

Replica of the Eiffel tower at Las Vegas (United States)

Las Vegas (Nevada)

The Eiffel Tower of Las Vegas is undoubtedly the most famous replica of the Parisian monument. 165m high, made on a scale 1/2, it is located along the Las Vegas Trip (This great avenue that crosses the city and along which are all the famous casinos). More exactly, it serves as a backdrop for the casino "Paris Las Vegas", a casino managed by the "Caesars Entertainment Corporation". As its name suggests, its theme is France and especially Paris. It contains, besides this tower, a copy of a balloon, a triumphal arch, La Fontaine des Mers, etc.

Knowing the Americans, this copy can only be perfect. And yet this is not the case, there are differences between it and the original. The most striking is the roof covering the first floor gallery, a roof that does not exist in Paris. The other fault is the third floor, whose gallery is not quite high enough. After, there are the antennas that are missing, but for that we can not speak of imperfections. As you might expect, the Las Vegas Eiffel Tower is one of the best reproduced in the world.

Replica of New-York

Replica of the Eiffel tower at New-York (United states)

New-York (New-York)

This is a very ephemeral Eiffel Tower ... It was used by a runner of the New York Marathon, quite recently. Do not doubt it for a moment, it was French! Note that the story does not tell if he wore this infrastructure seeming still very heavy to the finish line...

Replica of the Eiffel tower at New-York (United States)

This Eiffel Tower is advertising, it is on the roof of a hotel, in the Bronx, between JFK airport and Manhattan. It is rather small and its shape is correct, but to say more it would be necessary to see it closely.

Replica of Kings Island

Replica of the Eiffel tower at Kings Island (United States)

Kings Island (Oklahoma)

This copy of the Eiffel Tower is at Kings Island amusement park located in Ohio, United States. It is approximately 100 meters (scale 1: 3 th ). It was manufactured in 1972 to be placed in the park's central aisle, near the entrance. There are 15,000 rooms and the staircase is 410 steps. She has a sister, made 3 years later, who is at Dominion Park, Virginia.

Paris (Tennesse)

The Eiffel Tower in Paris, Tennessee, was the subject of a battle with the namesake city of Texas. It is nearly 20 meters (60 feet), which makes it 1:20 th . It is installed in a square of the city.

Unlike Texas, which is just a kind of ordinary metal structure, it's a real working copy. It reproduces perfectly the curvatures of the original tower, and the floors are well marked, if not complete. We would have liked, for example, that the floors are there. Note the top floor is fairly well reproduced while usually it is he who is the worst done. It must be said that it is the hardest to reproduce too.

Replica of Austin

Replica of la tour Eiffel d'Austin (United States)

Austin (Texas)

There are two Eiffel towers in Texas. This one is in Austin, the capital of the state. It is called the "Dreyfus Eiffel Tower" simply because it is facing the antique store Dreyfus, 1901 North, on Lamar boulevard. It is 7.5m high, which makes it to 1:25 th .

This tower is original in its color, red. Not so surprising that when we know that the Eiffel Tower was red, a time soon after its construction (See Painting the Eiffel Tower ) It is well done, the copy is close to compliance. It has a campanile as had the Parisian monument in the early nineteenth century. His floors are incomplete, especially the second one, which has none of the two levels. It should still note the quality of the spacers, as well as the "grid" located under the first floor.

Paris (Texas)

When a foreign city is called Paris, one is not surprised to find a copy of the Eiffel Tower. This is the case in Prizh, Russia, but also in Paris, Texas. Except that when Texans want their Eiffel Tower, they adapt it ... Here is what we can find on site: A metal structure in the shape of the Eiffel Tower covered with a large Texas hat. Original, but not necessarily good taste. Built in 1993, it is 20m high (66 feet) and was the subject of a battle in principle with the Tower of Paris in Tennessee. At first it was the Texan city that had the highest tower: 60 feet. Suddenly, the city of Tennessee has made a 60 feet too. And like that they do not like it, the Texans have added this hat and since, the tower of Texas measures 66 feet ...

Well, comparing them, there is no picture: Where the inhabitants of Tennessee have a real reproduction of the Eiffel Tower, Texans have only a vague structure more like a pylon than true copy. Some will say that it is the intention that counts, but when we see the quality of the copy of Tennessee, we regret the bad taste of this reply.

Replica of Salt Lake City

Replica of the Eiffel tower at Salt Lake City (United States)

Salt Lake City (Utah)

This Replica of the Eiffel Tower is presented as a statue, it is rare enough to emphasize it. It is approximately 1m50 high and its base should be 1m20, roughly. This donation is a tribute to Françoise Bernhard, founder of the French Circle and the Alliance française in Salt Lake City. This sculpture was made by R. Prazen on sketches by Annette Johnson. She is in the French garden.

It is pretty well reproduced, the resemblance is good. It looks a little too slender, and of course, on a Replica of this size, it is impossible to do too much detail, so the floors and antennas are schematized, but it's not bad at all.

Replica of Dominion

Replica of the Eiffel tower at Dominion (United States)

Dominion (Virginie de l'Ouest)

Kings Dominion Attraction Park is located in Virginia, United States. It is 101 meters high, which makes it scale 1: 3 th . It was built in 1975 by the Bristol Steel company three years before that of Kings Island, his sister. It serves as the central point of the park, in the international part, just under the fountains of the main entrance. It was manufactured from 450 tons of steel and is equipped with elevators installed by Haushahn Elevator of Austria recently.

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An unforgettable tour, available in French or English and lasting around 90 minutes, in groups of no more than 12 people! Your Official Eiffel Tower Guide will ensure that everything goes smoothly on your visit while helping you access the different levels, especially the elevators. And to enhance this experience, the Eiffel Tower can offer you outstanding 10% discounts on a selection of products available in the stores (Exclusive Eiffel Tower Collection) and certain restaurants (bistro on the First Floor and the buffet on the esplanade).

Advantages of the guided tour

The tour experience

01: See you on the Esplanade

Meet your guide 15 minutes before the start of the tour at the Official Guided Tours meeting point (don't forget the security checks at the site entrances, which may take 10 to 20 minutes). Your guide will take care of you, and you will benefit from easier access to the Top.

02: Discover how the historic elevators work

From an exceptional and perfectly preserved vantage point over the hydraulic elevator shaft dating from 1899, you will gain a complete insight into the workings of this machinery found nowhere else in the world.

03: The magic of the ascent and the Top

You can then savor the thrills of the ascent to the Top. Throughout the visit, your Official Guide will be happy to share tales of momentous and everyday moments in the Tower's history with you, from the monument to the company, and from the past to the present.

04: Back down to the heart of the structure

After regaining the Second Floor (by elevator), you will take the stairs to the First Floor, at the heart of the structure. Your Guide will tell you more about the structure of the monument and the history of its construction.

05: Don't leave us without obtaining your privileges!

Once you reach the First Floor, it will be time to say goodbye to your Guide, but you can extend your visit and explore this floor a little longer, where you can take advantage of the benefits on offer by presenting your guided tour tickets. For a bite to eat, you will receive a 10% discount on a special menu served at the first-floor bistro (located in the Ferrié Pavilion) depending on the time of your visit (breakfast, lunch/snack or afternoon snack). This offer also applies to the buffet on the Esplanade! You will also benefit from an exceptional 10% discount in our official gift shops on all products in the exclusive Eiffel Tower Collection, which promotes French expertise.

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Guided tour to the Second Floor

Official and exclusive guided tours of the Eiffel Tower. Get an easy access to the Second floor then visit the 1st floor of the Eiffel Tower with an Official Eiffel Tower Guide.

Please be on time to meet us on the Esplanade near the Information Point, 15 minutes before the time stated on your ticket.

Before reaching the Esplanade, security checks are carried out at the entrance to the site. But you are authorized to use an entrance specially reserved for "Official Guided Tours". Allow 10 to 20 minutes to complete these checks.

This tour is not accessible for people with reduced mobility and not recommended for people with baby strollers.

Your guided tour ticket entitles you to an exceptional 10% discount on items in the exclusive Eiffel Tower Collection in our gift shops and on special menus at the buffets located on the First Floor and on the Esplanade.

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Mini Photo Tours

Predefinid itineraries.

Our Mini Photo Tours are the option for trhose who want a ua pre-defined itinerary and more than one place in each session. Thus, you can have up to 3, or even 4 locations, in just 30 minutes more than the time of the basic package "Découverte". Moving between places is almost always on foot. Photos in digital format and extra participant at 50 €.

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Main Location: Place and  Jardins du Trocadéro Additional Locations::  Seine Riverside, Pont d'Iéna, Avenue de Camoens

Distance:  950 m

Displacement:  On foot

Total Shooting Time:  1h15

#1 Trocadero 35 minuts

#2 AV. N. York/P. d'Iéna 20 minuts

#3 Av. de Camoens 20 minuts

The photo tour begins at  Trocadéro Square and Gardens , which are the places with the best view over the Eiffel Tower . If one could only choose one location, most people would choose Trocadéro. We will go down the gardens towards Carrousel du Trocadero , another point of interest. Nearby, across the Avenue of New York, we can explore the uper Seine riverside and Pont d'Iéna . Over there, we can frame the river, boats, bridge and the "Iron Lady". . Just about 400 meters from there, and for the final photos, we will get to Avenue de Camoens , another one of the most famous views over the tower.

Champs de Mars

Main Location:  Champs de Mars   Additional Locations: Carrousel, Pont d'Iéna, Rue de l'Université/ Buenos Aires, Place Jacques Rueff e Place Joffre. Distance:   1500m

Displacement: On foot

Total Shooting T ime :  1h15

#1 Champs de Mars 35 minutos

#2 R. l'Université/B. Aires. 20 minuts

#3 Pl. Joffre/Pl. J. Rueff 20 minuts

Starting right next to the Eiffel Tower , on the Pont d'Iéna bridge, for some photos featuring the tower and the  Carrousel de la Tour Eiffel . We'll proceed to Rue de l'Univesité or Rue de Buenos Aires , both with a magnificent view and close to the Eiffel Tower. Next is  Champs de Mars , at several points, and w'ill arrive at the central square, Pllace Jacques Rueff , finishing a little further on, at Place Joffre, where the famous Peace Wall is located.

Main Location:: Louvre/Cour Napoléon Additional Locations:  Jardin des Tuileries, Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor

Distance:  2000m

#1 Louvre 35 minUts

#2 Jardin des Tuileries 25 minuts

#3 P. Leopold-S.-Senghor 15 minuts

We'll start the tour at the Cour Napoleón, next to the Louvre pyramids and galleries. Then we'll cross the sauare Place du Carrouse l and we'll arrive at the Jardin des Tuileries . Finally, outside and nearby the garden, we'll find the magnificent Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghorm, over the Seine.

Arc du Triomphe

Main Location: Arc du Triomphe and suroundings Additional Locations:  Avenue des Champs Elisées and Place de la Concorde 

Distance:  3300m (1700m by car)

Diisplacement: On foot and by car (1700m)

#1 Arc dU Triomphe 35 minuts

#2 Av. des Champs Elisées 20 minuts

Place de la Concorde

We start at the Arc du Triomphe , a city landmark, located at Place Charles de Gaulle , from where, in some points, we can even have the a view over the  Eiffel Tower . We'll stroll down Avenue des Champs Elisées , considered by many the most beautiful in the world, where we'll take some pictures with the Arc du Triomphe as backdrop, and some other pictures in front of the most famous stores. We'll finish the tour at Place de la Concorde , next to its famous and beautiful fountains, with the Eiffel Tower and Arc du Triomphe in the background.

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Do you need to walk the entire way up to the summit with the Eiffel Tower climbing tour ?

No. You walk up to the first and second floors. From there, you can take an elevator to the summit .

Are there tours where you visit the Eiffel Tower Summit without climbing?

Is a tour of the Eiffel Tower worth it?

That obviously depends on your interests and budget, but Eiffel Tower tours average a 4.7/5 rating which means most travelers feel they are a great value and worth it!

What is the best part about visiting the Eiffel Tower?

The views are very cool but the overall experience is great. There are shoppes inside, restaurants, and even a champagne bar at the summit!

How long should we spend at the Eiffel Tower?

Depending on how many levels you visit and if you'll get a meal or drink, 90 minutes should be the minimum amount of time. We do not recommend rushing through this experience. Explore, get a drink, eat if you're hungry, and try to stay in the moment.

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Explore Paris's top attractions with a guide, including the Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum, and a scenic Seine cruise.

Head up to the top floor of the Eiffel Tower and enjoy panoramic views of sights such as the Sacré-Cœur, Musée d'Orsay and the Arc de Triomph.

Enjoy a pleasant bus ride following your Eiffel Tower visit, as it conveniently takes you to your next destination, the Louvre Museum.

Explore the Louvre Museum at your own pace, where you can discover its collection of over 380,000 objects, including the famous Mona Lisa.

Enjoy a pleasant cruise at the Seine River to view landmarks like the Orsay Museum, and the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, among other landmarks.

Fun Fact: The Louvre has a network of secret underground passages that were once used by the royal family to move about the palace discreetly.

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Highlights of paris.

Experience Paris in a day, immersing yourself in the city's rich history and culture. Begin with a visit to the Eiffel Tower, where you can enjoy panoramic views of Paris from the top floor. Learn everything you need to know about the construction of the tower and the life of its creator Gustave Eiffel.

Following your visit to the Eiffel Tower, your tour guide will take you to the renowned Louvre Museum. Marvel at the world's largest art museum, covering an area of over 782,000 square feet and housing incredible treasures like the famous Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, Winged Victory of Samothrace, and many other priceless works of art. Explore the museum at your own pace and discover the many different artistic schools as you see Italian and French paintings or antique artworks in the Egyptian and Greek departments. You'll discover a wide range of artifacts, from ancient mummies, sarcophagi, and hieroglyphics, to a collection of paintings by renowned artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Eugène Delacroix.

Seine Adventure

After you've marveled at the Louvre's incredible masterpieces, your guide will give you tickets to the Seine River for a leisurely cruise. As you glide along, savor the enchanting beauty of Paris, passing by historic landmarks like the stunning Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Musée d'Orsay, once a railway station, and of course, the Eiffel Tower, along with other notable buildings.

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What to bring.

Sightseeing Cruise

Only small backpacks and regular-size handbags are allowed inside.

For a more immersive experience, feel free to bring your own headphones.

What's not allowed

Eiffel Tower

• Large bags and pets (with the exception of service animals) are not allowed in this experience.

Accessibility

This experience requires climbing up to 674 steps and is advised only for guests in good physical condition.

Wheelchair is accessibly in this experience (1st & 2nd floor only), baby changing rooms available.

The summit is not accessible for wheelchair users or guests with mobility issues.

Louvre Museum

• This experience is wheelchair, pram/stroller accessible.

Toilets are only available on board the boats. No sanitary facilities are accessible on the pontoons.

Paid parking is subject to availability.

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• During peak seasons, there might still be a wait of around 20 mins at the security check-in.

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Please arrive at the meeting point 15 mins before the scheduled time of your tour to avoid any delays.

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Address: 33 Av. de la Bourdonnais, 75007 Paris, France.

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Going to TEFAF New York? Here are 4 Shows You Can Walk to.

These exhibitions are all within a 10-minute walk from the Park Avenue Armory, so you can take your time and enjoy the spring weather.

By Ted Loos

TEFAF New York, the European Fine Art Foundation fair, is not short on artworks to keep a visitor’s attention. But just outside the walls of the Park Avenue Armory , the site again of this year’s event, lie many more options for viewing and buying art at the nearby galleries on the Upper East Side.

Four current exhibitions in particular make a perfect walking tour on the way to the fair or after attending it, and they are all within a 10-minute walk of the armory, and each other. On a nice spring day, strolling these blocks is an extra source of pleasure.

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The shows spotlight artists who exemplified and investigated the complicated currents of the 20th century’s art movements, particularly Modernism.

The fact that three of the four shows take place in townhouses or mansions adds a little frisson: The domestic settings allow you to imagine being the owner of the works, casually hanging your acquisitions on the walls at home.

Françoise Gilot

Rosenberg & Co. , 19 East 66th Street

Françoise Gilot , who died last year at 101, first became renowned for her 1964 memoir “Life with Picasso,” which chronicled her decade-long affair with the older artist; a famous 1948 Robert Capa photograph of Picasso holding a beach umbrella over her as they walked on the sand added to the legend. She went on to write many other books and to marry the creator of the polio vaccine, Jonas Salk.

Gilot was a lifelong artist herself, as seen in the 36 varied works on view through July 3, the first posthumous exhibition of her work in New York. Picasso appears in the graphite and pencil drawing “Pablo with Red Background (Les yeux basilic)” (1944), and his influence comes through in the works — but he held sway over many artists.

The dealer Marianne Rosenberg, who organized the show with several collaborators, explicitly set out to show Gilot’s range. “I hate that she’s only associated with Picasso,” said Rosenberg, who knew Gilot through family ties; her grandfather was Paul Rosenberg, who helped create a market for Picasso’s work and was a powerful art dealer of the early 20th century.

The works on view include a charmingly simple ink portrait, “Paul Éluard” (1951), depicting the French poet, as well as a 1958 oil still life, “Sunflowers.” As her work evolved, Gilot increasingly began to explore abstraction, culminating in works like the painting “August Stillness” (1997), which features large areas of red, a color she frequently favored.

Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato

David Zwirner , 34 East 69th Street

The name Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato (1900-95) will not resonate with most casual art lovers, but the Brazilian painter is a favorite of the influential dealer David Zwirner, which means that attention will be paid.

The gallery first showed Lorenzato’s work in 2019 in London, and now this show features 25 works in what is only the second U.S. exhibition of his art. Notably, a work by Lorzenzato is included in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale , perhaps the world’s premier art event, which opened last month.

Lorenzato, born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, painted recognizable scenes — largely landscapes — but pared his subjects down to geometric forms. He cited Cézanne as a major influence. In “Nuvem de Gafanhotos (Cloud of Crickets),” the titular insects become simple plus signs, and several of the works depict a sun as a red ball.

The works, on view through May 25, are modestly scaled, and they look at home on the walls of the 1910 townhouse that became a branch of the gallery in 2017. Up close, you can see Lorenzato’s technique: After brushing on paint, he would make crosshatch patterns with a comb, a stick or a fork, giving the works a texture that almost seems to vibrate.

Zwirner praised the “disarming and captivating” effect of Lorenzato’s work. “I bought a couple of his paintings myself,” he said. “We love looking at them every day.”

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A male artist who creates work by having nude female models drag each other through paint on a canvas lying on the floor, all while surrounded by onlookers, might not go over well in 2024. But around 1960 it was considered peak avant-garde.

Yves Klein (1928-62) used that unconventional technique — he called it employing “human paintbrushes” — for his “Anthropométries” series. In his “Fire Paintings,” he made art with a huge flamethrower, torching a canvas that, moments before, had a water-soaked nude model on top of it, so that the resulting scorching would retain a bodily outline in the wet areas. Examples of both series are on view in “Yves Klein and the Tangible World,” a show of around 30 works on view in the gallery’s sprawling mansion through May 25.

“This show was 10 years in the making,” said the dealer Dominique Lévy, who has long represented the Klein estate. “Usually, shows of his work focus on his ethereality, like the ‘Monochromes’” — Klein’s single-color canvases — “but his show is anchored in the materiality and the tangible.” She added, “Right now, we need a show with beauty, harmony and aliveness.”

Klein got a patent in France for the process used to create the color he called International Klein Blue, and he was associated with it during his short, acclaimed career.

So there is plenty of blue on display in this show, both in the works on the walls — including “Untitled Anthropometry (ANT 77)” circa 1961 — and in a “pool” of color on the floor, a reinstallation of a 1957 work called “Pure Pigment,” at the bottom of the mansion’s grand staircase.

Paul Klee and Alexander Calder

Di Donna Galleries , 744 Madison Avenue

The Swiss-born German artist Paul Klee (1879-40) drew and painted compositionally sophisticated scenes, sometimes with a childlike whimsical quality, while the American artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976) pioneered three-dimensional work, particularly the kinetic sculptures he called “mobiles” and his large, standing “stabiles.”

The combination of two beloved artists is a surefire crowd-pleaser, but “Enchanted Reverie: Klee and Calder” is also noteworthy for its installation, with dark gray walls and elaborate lighting that enliven the art and cast dramatic shadows. Featuring more than 40 works, it is on view through June 8.

The dealer Emmanuel Di Donna wanted to draw out the connections between the two artists, who both had a talent for concision as well as a playful side. “They had a shared sensitivity,” Di Donna said. “They’re both looking for something beyond nature — all the way to the cosmos.” He added, “They rhyme.”

The show features loans from both the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. Originally it was going to have an explicit underwater garden theme, but then Di Donna expanded it to include other works. Traces of that idea remain, with both artists depicting fish as only they could.

In one of Klee’s aquatic-themed works, the watercolor “Fische in der Tiefe (Fish in the Deep)” (1921), multiple fish eyes look out at the viewer. Calder returned to the fish form again and again throughout his career, including in the red mobile “Le Poisson de huit heures” (1965), made of sheet metal and wire.

As he prepared for the show to open in April, Di Donna gently blew on “Poisson” and it performed on cue, doing a delicately turning dance in response — a perfect bit of inspiration for art lovers who want to get in the swim of things this spring.

Art and Museums in New York City

A guide to the shows, exhibitions and artists shaping the city’s cultural landscape..

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, the immersive “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” exhibition features fragile dresses inside airtight vitrines, overcoats growing grass and pat-’n-sniff walls. But does it work ?

The Kosovar artist Petrit Halilaj  began drawing as a child in the Balkans during a violent decade. His world of childhood innocence and adult experience comes to the roof of the Met .

As his bullet-riddled panels go up at Gagosian, Maurizio Cattelan, in a rare in-person interview, tells why he turned his sardonic gaze on a violence-filled world .

In his biggest exhibit since a 2013 retrospective at the Guggenheim, Christopher Wool has created his own show in an uninhabited office in Manhattan’s Financial District .

Looking for more art in the city? Here are the gallery shows not to miss in May .

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