Tower of the Four Winds – New York World’s Fair 1964
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The brainchild of Walt Disney the 120ft ‘Tower of the Four Winds’, sat outside the Pepsi Pavilion to add some pizzazz to an otherwise plain building and to attract people to his “it’s a small world” attraction. It contained “more than 100 spinning, swiveling, oscillating elements of as many colors and shapes”.
Designed by Rolly Crump it was constructed by an engineering company who beefed up the design, much to the chagrin of the designer who thought it had lost its delicate lines. When asked by Walt Disney what he thought about the finished result Mr Crump replied “I think it’s a piece of crap” to which Walt replied “It can’t be a piece of crap, it cost me $200,000! Besides I like it.”
After the fair Walt wanted to bring it back to Disneyland but was advised against it due to the moving costs and liability issues of pieces flying off in the park. So it was scrapped. Mr Crump was not too upset.
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