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Turnin spotlight: An eye-opener, inside and out | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle |
 | | The structure, which rises 551 feet, was at one time the tallest brick building in the world and can be seen from great distances around the city, a particularly striking view from the far banks of the River Po with a setting sun in the background. |
 | | For roughly $4 you can step inside a futuristic glass elevator that zips visitors 280 feet in 59 seconds straight up through the middle of the lobby to a rooftop terrace that provides a 360-degree view of the city, the plain and the Alps (on a rare clear day). |
 | | You can lie on one of the dozens of red lounge chairs and stare at the elevator soar toward the top of the dome or stare straight ahead and watch some of the great films of all time projected three stories tall on the walls as stereo speakers near your head provide the soundtrack. |
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