Talk:Victor Steinbrueck

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My great-great Uncle[edit]

I'm proud to say that Victor Steinbrueck is my great-great (or maybe just great, can't remember off hand) uncle (from my Dad's side). I realize this isn't actual article worthy information, but I thought I'd add it to the talk page because it is something about my family that I really do take some pride in. Plus, Seattle is a great town and to have a relative associated with the construction of the most famous Seattle landmark is also something I think is great. Anyway, I hope no one minds I put this here on the Talk page. Dachknanddarice (T‖C) 19:24, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of "He designed the Space Needle"[edit]

An unidentified contributor with the IP address 98.246.138.1 added the sentence "He designed the Space Needle" at the beginning of the biography section of the article. I have deleted this sentence since it is factually incorrect. it was also misplaced chronologically in the biography.

The design attribution of the Space Needle is complex. The facts show that at the time he worked on the Space Needle design, Victor Steinbrueck was employed by the firm of John Graham, Jr., either as a salaried employee or as a consultant. In either case, the legal "architect of record" is the Graham firm. Further, the Graham firm had already applied for a patent for a rotating restaurant on top of a building. And, the Graham firm had probably already conceived of a tower before hiring Steinbrueck. Steinbreuck did contribute to the design of the final form of the Space Needle; he may even have conceived the three-legged form. However, to allocate sole design responsibility to Steinbrueck is an overstatement not supported by available evidence. Instead, design responsibility for the Space Needle should be credited to multiple participants. Littlerhody (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:41, 29 May 2011 (UTC).[reply]