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In the heart of the Seattle Center cultural campus just north of downtown Seattle, the Space Needle is the iconic landmark of the Pacific Northwest and one of the most recognisable observation towers in the world. The 605-foot tower opened on 21 April 1962 as the centrepiece of the Century 21 Exposition (the Seattle World's Fair), designed by the Seattle-born architect John Graham Jr. and his colleague Victor Steinbrueck, with the dramatic flying-saucer-shaped top deliberately styled to evoke th...