Check out the world’s most memorable sights in their awkward phase.
Go back to a time before the Statue of Liberty stood in the bay of New York City, the Eiffel Tower marked the center of Paris, and Christ the Redeemer loomed over Rio. See these historical landmarks long before they made their permanent places in history, when they barely resembled the famous feats of engineering they are today.
Before they were iconic landmarks, these structures were nothing but a blueprint and some scaffolding.
1
Gateway Arch
1965, St. Louis, Missouri
2
Hollywood sign
1932, Los Angeles, California
3
Hoover Dam
1931, Boulder City, Nevada
4
Panama Canal
1911, Panama
5
Tokyo Tower
1957, Tokyo, Japan
6
Berlin TV Tower
1968, Berlin, Germany
7
The Space Needle
1961, Seattle, Washington
8
Sears Tower, renamed to Willis Tower
1972, Chicago, Illinois
9
Mount Rushmore
1939, South Dakota
10
The Burj Khalifa
2007, Dubai
11
Sydney Opera House
1966, Sydney, Australia
12
The Pentagon
1942, Washington D.C.
13
The U.N. Headquarters
1946, New York City
14
The Washington Monument
Circa 1850s, Washington D.C.
15
Empire State Building
1930, New York City
16
The Golden Gate Bridge
Circa 1935
17
Eiffel Tower Being Built
1888, Paris, France
18
Christ the Redeemer
1926, Rio de Janeiro
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The Statue of Liberty face before attachment
1884, France
20
The Brooklyn Bridge
Circa 1880s
