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                               The Twin Towers

> POMPANO BEACH—It's a lofty ambition, but two developers want to rival Paris
> by building two replicas of the Eiffel Tower in this city.
>
> The developers have presented plans for two 105-story towers, shaped just
> like the French landmark, that would house restaurants, condo units, a
> hotel and parking garages. One would straddle a section of A1A along the
> beach just south of Northeast Second Street. The other, just south of
> Northeast Third Street east of the highway, would house the museum of the
> International Swimming Hall of Fame—if it ever moves to Pompano Beach.
>

Via Tevis.net [1], Paris in Pompano? [2]

Beach side residents who heard of the plan threatened to secede from the city
over the plans so much they detest the idea. But that's nothing new. Paris
residents protested the construction of the original Eiffel Tower and it was
almost dismantled in 1909. And in New York the construction of the World
Trade Center was also met with protest of outraged residents but in both
cases, the controvertial towers soon became the icons for their respective
cities.

[1] http://www.tevis.net/weblog/index.htm
[2] http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-eiffel1130.story?coll=sfla%2Dnews%2Dbroward

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