Seattle can keep the Space Needle, I just don't want one in Salt Lake.
....or maybe I'm just disgruntled by all of the money I've spend on tickets to ride up to the viewing areas at the top of such towers.
Incidentally, I visited the Stratosphere for the first time last Thanksgiving while visiting family in Vegas, and the place is a dump.
For a building that is barely 10 years old, it desperately needs a makeover for its interior.
Also, did you know that the Kennecott smokestack is taller than the Stratosphere in LV and is actually the tallest structure west of the Mississippi? I didn't.
We should just add a revolving restaurant to the top and call it good:
....and yes, you're absolutely right, the Pearl TV tower in Shanghai is by far the worst of the "needles", and is likely one of the worst things ever built by man:
I throw up a little every time I see a picture of it. The worst part is that Shanghai would have such a fine looking skyline if they could only get rid of it.
For some reason the Beijing tower and the CN Tower in Toronto don't bother me as much.