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Like the Eiffel Tower and the Space Needle before it, organizers of the upcoming London Olympics are hoping that this work in progress, Anish Kapoor’s ArcelorMittal Orbit will become an iconic piece of the city’s skyline.
N. S. Thompson ruminates on the legacy of these controversial buildings in our Spring  issue. What do you think about look of London 2012?
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Like the Eiffel Tower and the Space Needle before it, organizers of the upcoming London Olympics are hoping that this work in progress, Anish Kapoor’s ArcelorMittal Orbit will become an iconic piece of the city’s skyline.

N. S. Thompson ruminates on the legacy of these controversial buildings in our Spring  issue. What do you think about look of London 2012?

(Image via AAJ Press)

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The American Scholar is the venerable and lively quarterly magazine of public affairs, literature, science, history, and culture published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society since 1932. In recent years the magazine has won four National Magazine Awards, the industry’s highest honor, and many of its essays and articles have been selected for the yearly Best American anthologies.

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