Fact #1 It suffers from shrinkage. Not counting its antenna, the iron tower is about 984 feet tall. But on cold days it’s roughly 6 inches shorter.
Fact #2 The paint is wet. Or at least some of it is. Twenty-five workers began brushwork in March on a top-to-bottom repainting job that’s expected to take 18 months. When done, they will have applied 60 tons of paint in three shades of brown (darkest at the bottom, lightest at the top).
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