European canal journeys fit for king Sep 21, 2008
The boat crosses over the Loire River on an aqueduct designed by Gustave Eiffel, and moors one night at Rogny-les-Sept-Ecluses below a historic staircase of locks used from 1642 to 1887. Typical day trips by van: wine town of Sancerre; 15th-century chateau and village at St. Fargeau; 17th-century Chateau LaBussi. (Boston Globe)
Revolutionary Women Jun 29, 2008
Each two-page spread spotlights an individual, from Frenchman Edouard de Laboulaye, who got the idea that France should give a gift to the United States for its 100th anniversary, to Auguste Bartholdi, who sculpted the statue, to structural engineer Gustave Eiffel, to Emma Lazarus, who wrote the "Give me your tired, your poor ..." poem for it, to Joseph Pulitzer, who solicited financial contributions from his readers so it could be placed in New York Harbor. Rappaport herself opens the book by... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Calling All Sculptors! Noilly Prat(R) Announces Le Prix de la Sculpture, a Global Competition to Unearth New Talent in the Field of Outdoor Sculpture Feb 20, 2008
The link between Noilly Prat and the art world dates back to the 1850s, when the Company commissioned a young Gustave Eiffel to create a staircase for the home of Noilly Prat. This spiral cast iron staircase still stands to this day. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Next to MoMA, reaching for the stars Nov 15, 2007
-terre at the top of the Eiffel Tower from which Gustave Eiffel used to survey his handiwork below. . (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Infotainment Nov 4, 2007
5 metre-high (15-foot) segment, which weighs in at a cool 700 kilos (1,540 lbs), is part of stairs climbed in pre-elevator times by Gustave Eiffel himself on. JK Rowling and Warner Bros are suing a US publisher for infringement of intellectual property rights over its plans to release an encyclopedia about the phenomenally-successful Harry Potter books. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
The miracle of St Pancras Oct 13, 2007
Their achievement was only overshadowed when Gustave Eiffel completed his famous tower in time for the 1889 Paris Expo. Barlow's international career had begun in distant Istanbul, while, after St Pancras, Ordish went on to work in Bombay, St Petersburg and Singapore, shaping the roof of Amsterdam's Central station along the way. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
Final candidates for new seven wonders Jul 7, 2007
The 985-foot tower, built by the engineer Gustave Eiffel for Paris' International Exposition of 1889, has become the city's symbol. Made almost entirely of open-lattice wrought iron and erected in only two years with a small labor force, the tower -- Paris' highest construction -- demonstrated an important advance in building techniques and at first was considered by many to be an eyesore. (Albany Times Union)
* The heady wine of Oporto Apr 4, 2007
Six stunning bridges X including two designed by Gustave Eiffel and one of his students, and each a marvel of engineering X loom hundreds of feet above. No wonder UNESCO declared the whole city center a World Heritage Site in 1996. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Paris Department Stores Mar 15, 2007
Designed by Gustave Eiffel (of Eiffel Tower fame), it is particularly known for its extensive food hall and its selection of modern, "hip" clothes. La Forum des Halles 101 Porte Berger; Tel: 01 44 76 96 56 -- This modern, underground shopping complex was built in 1979 over the site of the city's former food and vegetable market. (Suite101.com)
Cosseting shoppers at Paris's Le Bon March Jan 3, 2007
Those key conditions are a belief in quality, artisan workmanship things that can be seen in the building itself, which is being restored to the glory it had when the engineer Gustave Eiffel (of Eiffel Tower fame) and the architect Louis Charles Boileau created the noble glass and steel structure. You might not raise your eyes from cute holiday gifts to notice the glass dome. (International Herald Tribune)
