Modern technology appears to have saved a Soviet relic, following a smartphone vote on the fate of the extraordinary Shukhov Tower. Often described as a Muscovite Eiffel Tower, the 92-year-old structure had fallen into disrepair since it stopped transmitting TV signals in 2002. Plans to dismantle and relocate the tower were announced earlierthisyear, prompting Norman Foster, Rem Koolhaas and other architects to petition Russian president Vladimir Putin to save it. Moscow's city council has now announced that the tower will be preserved at its current site. This follows a smartphone poll over the landmark's future, in which 91 per cent of respondents voted in favour of keeping the tower where it was.
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