In honor of the Space Needle’s 50th Anniversary, the owners of the famous landmark have taken it upon themselves to paint the roof of the structure “Galaxy Gold”.
Why Galaxy Gold?
Because this was the color the roof was painted when the Space Needle was first introduced to the world during the 1962 World’s Fair.
While I think the retro theming is pretty cool, I do realize why the needle was later painted to a different color. It’s not that orang … er … Galaxy Gold is ugly, it’s that it’s hideous.
Still, like a snot-spewing, constantly-snorting Pug dog, I suppose it is an aesthetic that will grow on its owners (Seattleites, loosely speaking) until it’s changed back.
As a reminder, this is what the Space Needle looks like when it’s not wearing a throwback jersey:
Yeah…on a normal cloudy Seattle Day that stands out like an eyesore. During a beautiful sunny day…well…probably the same.
What’s all this orange hatin’ going on? You will miss it when they put it back to plain old boring white, (or shimmering galaxy alabaster.)
I get that the owners were honoring the original paint job. But if this is the Golden (50 year) Anniversary of the Space Needle, they should paint it a real gold color, if anything. I think if it were gold (or silver) it would look great.