Olympic rings to remain on Eiffel Tower “forever” decides Paris mayor

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Why not?

Because the tower is a symbol of Paris and France and will now forever be associated with the Olympic movement . Is that a decision for one politician who is closely identified with the games? Strikes me as an ego trip.

The IOC owns the copyright and would not allow it, given the ubiquity of the Eiffel Tower in media and merchandise.

Oh, how gauche.

No. The Eifel Tower is one of those iconic views people expect to look a certain way like The Statue of Liberty or Big Ben that shouldn't be permanently altered.

The IOC’s branding guidelines are extremely strict as you’ll see here

How can a mayor permanently alter a monument? Can’t the next mayor just remove the rings or decide to put a McDonalds logo on there?

Paris owns it.

It's ugly enough already, what difference does it make throwing on more random tchotchkes

Obviously, “forever” is aspirational. A future mayor can reverse her decision.

The Olympic rings on the Eiffel tower will continue to remind everyone that the Seine is still pretty stinky.

The rings will remain until the IOC tells them to pay for their use or take them down.

Uh huh

Letting them remain for a year, or for the rest of this year is a gesture, assuming the city is granted permission to do. Arguing that they should remain permanently is unreasonable.

A world monument may wear the garment of time, but it shouldn't be permanently redecorated according to the fashion or mood of a moment.

Remove the rings.

Maybe the next mayor will have more sense.

I expect that from London.

But you, Paris?

Oh they’ll take it down once they’re sick of it.

The Eiffel Tower was used for years to advertise Citroen cars.

^^Tacky

just keep a couple up and put the rest in a museum

I didn't watch anything but the opening ceremonies which sucked. I think France would be better off forgetting the goddamn games.

R18 That’s what the said about the Eiffel Tower itself.

Publicity stunt, meant to stir shit.

Since we're changing monuments, I'd like a chic, sassy number from Forever XXI. I've been wearing this goddamned Grecian robe for ages!

Trash city

Tacky.

Hardly R26. It's the most beautiful city on the planet.

I meant that the rings on the tower are super tacky, like R27 said. We all know that NYC is the literal trash city (welcome to the world of trash cans, guys).

The rings should be removed. The Eiffel Tower is iconic. The Citroen stuff was probably paid-for advertisement.

I don't think they should even though they put on a great event this year.