For years, Parisians have joked that the Tour Montparnasse offers the best views of the city – not because of its height, but because it’s the only place in the capital where you can’t see the building itself.
First opened in 1973, the controversial skyscraper sticks out like a sore thumb in the city of love and backlash to the construction even led to a ban on buildings over a certain height. To this day, almost all of Paris’ skyscrapers lie outside city limits, with the exception of the Tour Triangle, which is due to be completed later this year.
