Effiel Tower gets glass floor for 125th anniversary facelift

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: Though the first level is only 57 meters (187 feet) high, it’s not for the faint-hearted.

The iron-lattice tower is the world’s most visited paying attraction, and was erected for the 1889 World Fair.
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