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Reinventing the Wheel: The Ferris Wheel as Symbol of Urban Prosperity
This is the third entry in our May series, Cities at Play. By Dr. Ellery Weil In 2005, the London skyline faced a threat to one of its iconic features, in the form of an eviction notice. The target? The London Eye. The Ferris wheel, which had been constructed in honor of the new millennium, had found itself caught up in a rent dispute with the owners of the land on which it stood.