Magic-City Magic-City Magic-City was an amusement park near Pont de l'Alma, two blocks east of the Eiffel Tower, in Paris from 1900 to 1934. A large dance hall at 188 rue de l'Université in Paris was located in Magic-City. The venue was known for its "drag balls."The emblematic event of homosexual life in Paris in the inter-war years was a series of masked balls held annually during Carnival on "Mardi Gras" (Shrove Tuesday) and "Mi-Carême" (Mid-Lent) at Magic-City Dancing, an immense dance-hall on the Rue de l'Universite, near the Eiffel Tower. ... Between 1922 and 1939, thousands of men, most costumed
Dubai City Tower Building. The design has 400 floors with a vertical bullet train acting as the main elevator. The design is inspired by the Eiffel Tower to better deal with the massive wind forces pushing on it. It has a central core with 6 outer buildings that are connected to the central core every 100 floors. This design both stabilizes the structure and spreads out its mass. The Dubai City Tower is estimated to consume 37,000 MWh of electricity per year, with a 15 MW peak usage. The power would be mostly supplied by solar, thermal, and wind sources. The vertical bullet