The first revolving restaurant built in the United States was built by John
Graham, a Seattle architect and acolyte of Buckminster Fuller. La Ronde
(1961) was on the top of the tallest office building at the time, Ala Moana
Shopping Center in Honolulu. The72-foot wide restaurant was cantilevered
from a thirty-eight foot diameter concrete core which contained stairwells,
elevators, the kitchen and other facilities for the restaurant.64 Operated by a
three horse power motor, the structure made a 360-degree turn every hour. In
the following year, Graham repeated the revolving restaurant concept at the
Seattle Space Needle for the 1962 World Fair.
http://www.spaceneedle.com/discover/funfacts.html
Graham, a Seattle architect and acolyte of Buckminster Fuller. La Ronde
(1961) was on the top of the tallest office building at the time, Ala Moana
Shopping Center in Honolulu. The72-foot wide restaurant was cantilevered
from a thirty-eight foot diameter concrete core which contained stairwells,
elevators, the kitchen and other facilities for the restaurant.64 Operated by a
three horse power motor, the structure made a 360-degree turn every hour. In
the following year, Graham repeated the revolving restaurant concept at the
Seattle Space Needle for the 1962 World Fair.
http://www.spaceneedle.com/discover/funfacts.html
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