Designed by Rolly Crump to stand in front of the Pepsi Pavilion which housed "It's A Small World" at the 1964 Worlds Fair. The Tower of the Four Winds was a massive kinetic sculpture that Walt wanted to dress up the exterior of "It's A Small World" with because the facade of the building was so drab. Rolly's work certainly did the trick. Here is a description of the piece from Disney's press release of the attraction.
"Attached to three primary columns and four slender buttresses will be
more than 100 spinning, swiveling, oscillating elements of as many
colors and shapes. Propellers of every description and size, a
miniature, purely decorative carousel with animals from several
countries (a giraffe, camel, reindeer, llama, horse, elephant and
donkey), a stylized representation of the sun; figures of birds,
flying fish, winged dragon, butterflies, bees and other creatures–all
will be in perpetual motion."
It was easy to find Small World just look for the tower.
Walt and his Tower.
Disney characters were often seen on top of the tower because they were being attacked by the New York youth often being stabbed in the backside and punched in the plusher areas.
The Original model of the tower as seen in the Grand Canyon Concourse of the Contemporary Resort.
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