The writer goes on to state that Eiffel became a much envied figure in Paris for he refused to rent out the space for even the highest sums. Though if reports are to be believed the inventor Thomas Edison was granted the honor of being entertained here by Eiffel. Edison supposedly gifted him a phonograph in return.
Such is the exclusivity of the apartment that even now, nearly a century after Eiffel’s death, his sky high apartment is not open to the public.
[Via – House Beautiful]