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The Statue of Liberty Is a Building Wearing a Skin

In a strong wind, the Statue of Liberty moves — and that is the only reason she is still standing. Her famous surface is copper barely thicker than two coins, hung on a hidden iron building designed by Gustave Eiffel. Built twice, an ocean apart — and quietly eaten from the inside by the same design that let her survive.

Paris & New York, 1870s–1986 Runtime 10:53
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