Space Needle

It was completed in April 1962 at a cost of $4.5 million.

April 17, 1961

At 605 ft (184 m) high, the Space Needle was once the tallest building west of the Mississippi River in the United States.

The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Located at 400 Broad Street in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood, it was built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World's Fair, which drew more than 2.3 million visitors.

The miniseries mistakenly portrays the Needle as crumbling concrete, though the structure is actually made of steel and designed to withstand up to a 9.0 earthquake.

Elevators take visitors to an observation deck 520 ft (160 m) above ground in 41 seconds, which offers panoramic views of the downtown Seattle skyline, the Olympic and Cascade Mountains, Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Elliott Bay, and various islands in Puget Sound.

The space reopened in August 2018 as the Loupe, an indoor observation deck with a revolving glass floor.

Located at 400 Broad Street in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood, it was built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World's Fair, which drew more than 2.3 million visitors.

The foundation weighs 5,850 short tons (5,310 metric tons) (including 250 short tons or 230 metric tons of reinforcing steel), the same as the above-ground structure.

The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World Fair, which drew more than 2.