The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington and is a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest and a symbol of Seattle. Located at the Seattle
Center, it was built as the centerpiece of the 1962 space-themed World’s Fair. It is 
s 605 feet high at its highest point and 138 feet wide at its widest point and weighs
9,550. When it was completed on December 8, 1961 it was the tallest structure
west of the Mississippi River. The Space Needle was designated a historic
landmark on April 19, 1999 by the City’s Landmarks Preservation Board.

The “hovering disk” of the Space Needle has been the home of two restaurants
for decades, but were they were closed in 2000 and replaced with  a larger one
called SkyCity.

The SkyCity restaurant rotates 360 degrees within forty-seven minutes.
 

The Space-Needle Observation Deck

Replica of 1955 McDonald’s in Des Plaines Illinois

The present McDonald’s corporation, the largest chin of hamburger fast food
restaurants in the world, dates its founding to the opening of a franchised
restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois, on April 15, 1955. It is the
ninth McDonald’s restaurant overall.

Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc
(October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984)

 
The oldest operating McDonald’s restaurant in Downey, California opened
in 1953. It was the third one built.

The film’s musical score was among the first to feature the eerie sounds of the
theremin, an early electronic musical instrument named after its Russian inventor, Professor Leon Theremin. It was used to create the feelings of alcoholism in this
story about an alcoholic.

 Leon Theremin with his invention