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What Happens When Every City Has a Giant Ferris Wheel?

Observation wheels are reaching the point of ubiquity in tourist capitals. Is this trend ever going to slow down? 
(Flickr/peterhellberg/Mark Byrnes)

Dozens of new Ferris wheels have been constructed in major cities across the globe over the past decade, with several more planned to open in the near future in places like Jerusalem, New York, and Rome.

Why the sudden ubiquity of Ferris wheels? Blame Ronald Bussink.