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Eiffel Tower gets $38M vertigo-inducing face lift

By Washington Examiner
Published October 7, 2014 10:39am ET
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Eiffel Tower gets $38M vertigo-inducing face lift
A worker cleans the new glass floor at The Eiffel Tower during the inauguration of the newly refurbish first floor, in Paris, France, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Visitors of the Eiffel Tower can walk on a transparent floor at 188 feet high and look down through solid glass, with safety glass barriers around the edge. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) | Francois Mori

PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower has been given a vertigo-inducing face lift as organizers celebrate the Paris monument’s 125th anniversary.

The 324-meter (1,063-foot) tower now has see-through glass floor panels on its first level. The four small viewing sections, which cost 30 million euro ($38 million), were unveiled to visitors Monday.

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