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12-MAY-2014

Mini-Eiffel Tower, Parque Simon Bolivar, Sucre, Bolivia

A popular feature in the center of this park is this miniature version of the Eiffel Tower. French engineer Gustav Eiffel designed both this replica, as well as the original tower in Paris. Eiffel shipped this little tower to Bolivia in 1908, where it was assembled by local engineers. For the first 16 years of its life, the tower functioned as a weather station. The tower was relocated to Sucre's Parque Simón Bolívar in 1925. Sucre’s Eiffel Tower now functions solely as a tourist attraction. It is possible to climb the two-story tall tower via an internal spiral staircase for a view over the park and city. My interpretation of Eiffel’s miniature tower is based on abstraction. I waited until a visitor climbed to the top and looked down. Shooting into the sun, which is hiding behind the swirling clouds overhead, I turn both tower and visitor into silhouettes, making them symbols of pleasure at the park. The turbulent movement within the clouds adds energy to the scene. To complete my interpretation, I abstract the image even more by converting it to black and white.

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Kevin Duffy 28-Aug-2025 02:04
It is now almost September 2025. I am now going on 90! (Actually, I am only 82. About three years ago, my nephrologist, when asked, showed me a bunch of charts of various chemical/ biological functions with all the results trending down. He used a finger the progress on the slope and said that at the rate of decline I would not live long enough to die of my CKD, but something else around the age of 90! Since then, when asked “how old?”, I simply respond “I’m going on 90.”
Kevin Duffy still in Sunnyside Gardens, NY. And I’ve traveled back to South America many times, Europe and Africa. Great, lucky lguy. Lindengr@aol.com.
Kevin Duffy 15-Feb-2024 02:53
I climbed Eiffel Sucre, Bolivia tower in July/August 1969 when I was walking/bussing/etc. around South America. Perhaps, I will climb it again in 2025 or 2026. Kevin Duffy Sunnyside Gardens, Queens, New York City, Ny, USA!
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