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Originally Posted by cabasse
i wonder when that giant digital display was added to (and removed from) the eiffel tower. i don't remember seeing that before. was it just used as a y2k countdown?
these are such a cool snapshot in time. thanks for sharing.
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That particular one was just for Y2K. There have been others. The day I arrived in June of 1989 was the 100th anniversary of the Tower. There was a bit "100 ANS" placed vertically on it. There have been others as well.
By the way, the tower was lit differently in 1979 and 1984. The lighting was done by spots from the exterior. Later, don't remember when but it was definitely before 1989, the tower was lighted by spots on the structure itself. It remains lighted that way to this day.
The sparkly lights that cover the entire structure and the beacon on the top were both inaugurated as the smoke from the Year 2000 fireworks dispersed. I have a home video in a box somewhere of that beacon first breaking through the smoke.
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