and the most popular, with more than 76 million visitors in the last two decades. it was opened back in the heady days of the year 2000, part of the celebrations that ushered in the new millennium. originally, it was only supposed to be a temporary structure with a lifespan ofjust five years. it s really exciting. it has been a while since i was first on it, and it s still hugely popular. ok, here we go! the big step.
it s one thing to actually design a structure on a piece of paper or in a computer programme, but to actually then build it on site is a completely different set of challenges. they built the london eye kind of flat on the river, so it was much easier to attach all the different parts of it, and then once it was nearly finished, they craned it up into its final position, so some really, really clever construction and engineering went behind this structure. in the last 20 years, the london eye s become something of a minnow it s been overtaken by big observation wheels in las vegas, singapore and dubai. but for ex london mayor ken livingstone, it isn t just about the wheel. people come from all over the world to be here and all over the rest of britain. we ve got more restaurants than paris or new york, we ve got more bars, we ve got more museums, more cinemas. this is an amazing city to live in, there s so much you can do.
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but it wasn t all plain sailing. there were still some people who were unconvinced. did anybody say, listen, look at it, it s a horrible eyesore, it looks.it s ruining the skyline ? yes! no, they did, absolutely. so when we were doing the consultations, we went to the royal fine art commission, and the chairman of the royal fine art commission did not like it at all. he was apoplecticly against it. so there were people who were against it of course. and even now. even now. ..some people say. well, yes, i mean, i m sure there are some people who don t like it, but, you know, that s. you know, you can t have everything! there were 32 capsules in all, representing the 32 london boroughs. each of them had to be floated down the thames and installed one by one.
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