European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse 9m i Munich digs in for 72 olympics by James Gunter is Munich Bureau chief beavers look Lazy beside the Bava rians who have turned their Capi Al City of Munich into one vast construction project to get ready forthcoming of the olympic games in 1972. Streets throughout the City have been dug to Bury new Utility lines for an unprecedented array of new buildings and in the biggest scheme of All the sinking of Munich s first subway Tunnel. Under ground trains will connect the City Cen Ter with the olympic grounds to the North. Already finished is the tallest Tower i Germany a modern spire shaped like an oversize marshmallow on a roast ing stick. It stands 951 feet in the mid dle of the Obe Wiesenfeld a Flat Are which has been cleared for the olympic athletic layout. The planners have just receive Federal funds for a design which will make the Meadow a circus scene. Tent roofs will cover the stadiums and facilities with rows of poles and the forms of Canvas peaks converting the 1972 olym pics into the biggest of the big Tower which holds observation platforms and a restaurant in its three Story High Knob is not the Only Struc Ture which has already gone up on the site. An olympic ice stadium has been completed and is open for business everyday. Skaters already Are skimming across the same rink where the world Best Amateur Blades will compete four years from bus runs to the Tower every hour from the main railway station. Visitor Stream there daily Between 8 . And Midnight to get a breath taking vie of Munich from platforms which Are motorized and turn slowly around the Tower Core. Adults pay 2.50 Marks 62 cents and children Over 6 pay 1.50 Marks 37% cents to Belt upward in a elevator which climbs so fast it can pop the ears. Above the visitor promenade a big Concrete pole contains communication equipment. The Structure rises much higher than the 529-foot Steeple of the Ulm Cathedral but Falls Short of the1,056-foot Eiffel Tower in Paris the 1,089 Tokyo television Tower the 1,345-foot navigational Tower in Greenland or any one of a dozen super to towers inthe United states including the 2,009 foot Tower of Kego to in Fargo n.d.,and the Wisd to Tower which shoots up 1,638 feet at Monkey s Eyebrow by. Motorists find it difficult in Munich these Days and their routes to the office Are frequently changed. A system Ozone Way streets recently was ordered to help ease the clogged traffic , Hen new prize winning plans be come operational by the time the olym pics Roll autos will be barred altogether from the Center of the old City. An area in and Between Marie Platz and the main shopping District called the Stach swill be converted into a pedestrian Par Adise. Persons will stroll through Park like pavilions in front of St. Michael s Church the Cathedral and the City plans made by Winkler engineers a firm in nearby Sharnberg were selected in a Competition involving More than 50 companies. They Call for terraced walkways and. Shrubbery and the replacement of traffic noise wit the gentle sound of waterfalls Here and there. The City Center will be reachable Only by subway or Streetcar in those Days. Meantime it is quite a mess. Model shows tent design which will be used to cover stadiums in Munich olympic Meadow. Page 16 the stars and stripes Munich s olympic Tower is tallest of kind in Germany. Sunday August h
