There is a moment of nervous laughter from the tower's press officer before he smiles and reassures us they are fastened, really.
At the Paris headquarters of France 98, just across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower, the press department reels off the figures for TV rights and commercial sponsorship with unashamed glee.
WASHINGTON ― More than a week after President Donald Trump alleged without evidence that his predecessor, Barack Obama, ordered wiretapping at Trump Tower, White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Tuesday continued to insist that Trump could prove the claim through a congressional investigation and findings from the Department of Justice.
The Old Town's towering tenements press together along the crest.
"I am going to review it," he says of the Renzo Piano-designed tower, but at press time, he is waiting for the courtyard to be finished.
When Renzo Piano casually described his design for London Bridge Tower in a press conference as "a shard … a shard of crystal," he must have had little idea what his poetic aside would unleash.
It's already been a big week for the game in Manchester, with the Super League captains and coaches rolling up at Cloud 23, the posh cocktail bar halfway up the Beetham Tower, for a press call after a tour of the city sights, which almost turned sour when the doors of a tram closed on Hull FC's Gareth Ellis.
Onlookers near the Twin Towers in 1976 press against a fence, sticking fingers through to brace against the weight of the crowd; on the other side, people sit with space to spare.
The following day, Trump materialized in the flesh, in Trump Tower, for his first press conference in nearly six months.
