Trump Tower spire is more toothpick than a noble reach-for-the-...

In the New York tabloids, this would be the headline: "The Donald's top flops!" And they wouldn't be targeting Donald Trump 's comb-over. The subject instead is the just-completed spire atop the 92-story Trump International Hotel & Tower, the tallest American skyscraper since the 1974 completion of Sears Tower .

[Toine P]

the first time i saw the completed spire, i thought it looked like the plastic antenna from my Lego sets when i was a kid --- yes, definitely something that was picked up in the toy aisle
(link is to a picture of the Lego antenna)
http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/images/662...

[Johnny Sorehand]

Had the same reaction just yesterday. So diminutive as to be completely out of proportion to the building. But there was an upside. As one (of many, I think) who resent the kind of potentates who force themselves upon us through the celebrities-are-news system, I couldn't suppress my smirk.