story of the eiffel tower the eiffel tower wasn't always as popular as it is today when engineer gustaf eiffel had built for the 1889 world's fair artists and intellectuals considered it common and lonely early on blow our ironically described it as a truly tragic street lamp that was a broad sided eiffel's industrial building methods which contrasted sharply with the historical beauty of the city. the initial plan was to tear the tower down after 2 decades. protect. explains why it's still standing today. for at some point got the idea that the. the tower could be used as a place for a radio antenna the french army was really interested and began experimenting and transmitting they made the tower strategically important that's why they kept it. impressive views can be had from all over the town especially from the 2nd and 3rd platforms you can see many christian sites from here. including the louvre and the dome of les invalid. dabs made the eiffel tower one of the world's best loved landmarks with more than $7000000.00 visitors each year you need to pay to get in tickets cost as much as $25.