The Bromo Seltzer Tower
The building's home page.
The original tower was topped by a 51-foot revolving replica of the blue Bromo-Seltzer bottle, which was illuminated with 596 lights and could be seen 20 miles away. Due to structural concerns, the bottle was removed in 1936.
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On the same line, still standing, and still advertising its brand in its rather clever architecture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxo_Tower
Posted by Richard Bos on 05/06/24 at 12:09 PM
Category: Architecture | Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough | Regionalism | Advertising | Twentieth Century