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                Look, 
                it's a yellow and red skyscraper! 
                 
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                It changes 
                color! That's incredible! 
                 
                 
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                The imposing 
                view from the street below. 
                 
                 
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                The skeletal 
                remains of some long-ago suicides are reflected in the building's 
                shiny surface.  
                 
                 
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                Bob the security 
                guard has been working on the observation deck since the tower 
                first opened. Some say he's so old he can't move his arms or legs. 
                 
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                Tourists... 
                 
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                It's always 
                nice when the top hat and breastplate look comes back into fashion. 
                 
                 
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                Businessmen 
                at the side entrance 
                laugh to themselves as they contemplate their vast fortunes. 
                 
                 
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                What's this? 
                A silhouetted figure ascends the sheer face of LEGO Tower, stealthy 
                and unnoticed. 
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                Rock Dude works 
                up on the thirty-second floor. He's too big for the elevators, 
                though, so he has to climb the side of the building. 
                 
                 
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                All of the 
                inner floors are made of glass, so you can see everything below. 
                How about that. 
                 
                 
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                Gotta love 
                those skeletal reflections. 
                 
                 
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                Or 
                wait... it's blue and yellow! 
                 
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                As 
                you can see, at 8'6", the LEGO Tower is four inches taller 
                than even me. 
                 
                 
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                Perhaps the 
                building's most distinctive feature, the decorative spire reaches 
                toward the heavens. 
                 
                 
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                A photo snapped 
                by a passing biplane. 
                 
                 
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                You can almost 
                see Enfield, CT, from up here. 
                 
                 
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                The elegant 
                Revolvo Cafe is a four star restaurant serving the smallest of 
                portions at highest of prices. 
                 
                 
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                In broad daylight... 
                what's this city coming to? 
                 
                 
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                ...as a homeless 
                man, cold and hungry, robbed of his job and his dignity, is ignored 
                as he begs for coins nearby. 
                 
                 
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                Mercenary on 
                a quest for vengeance? Or just some guy who fell out the window 
                at the office costume party? 
                 
                 
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                It's kind of 
                a pain, so he's considering getting out of advertising and looking 
                for a job - maybe at a gas station or something. 
                 
                 
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                Gargoyles. 
                 
                 
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                Me just before 
                karate chopping the LEGO Tower in two Ralph Macchio style. 
                 
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                Now it's blue 
                and black! 
                 
                 
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                It's lunchtime 
                and businessmen head out for a meal that will cost more than most 
                minifigs make in a week. 
                 
                 
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                A view downward 
                from the very top. 
                 
                 
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                The observation 
                deck is a popular tourist destination for those who can't afford 
                the restaurant above. 
                 
                 
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                The deck's 
                waist-level safety gates prevent several would-be midget suicides 
                per year. 
                 
                 
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                Tonight's menu 
                features Creme de la Trout served in a rich moss gravy. 
                 
                 
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                Oblivious, 
                a mom drags her screaming kids back home from the mall. 
                 
                 
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                The back entrance 
                is for deliveries only please. 
                 
                 
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                A janitor once 
                tried to clear these two skeletons off the ledges. That's his 
                skeleton on the ledge down below. 
                 
                 
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                The abandoned 
                front entrance during renevations of 1970. 
                 
                 
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                Spire detail. 
                 
                 
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                That's all 
                folks.  
                 
                 
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