Posted by Robert Hill on June 05, 2005 at 17:33:18 from 195.92.168.165 user eclrh.
In Reply to: Re: S&A 1st Edn - big money posted by John Nichols on June 04, 2005 at 20:11:00:
The Ferris wheel is called the London Eye. It was built for the millennium and I believe it got planning permission only on the strict understanding that it was purely temporary.
I think something similar happened with the Eiffel Tower back in 1890 or whenever.