In fact, it was taller than any other building in the city until 1974.
So they decided to build a tall silo instead.
The actual silo is 87.5 meters tall with a 31.5-meters high cylindrical tower that looks like a beer keg.
The cylindrical tower had an observation deck and at one point housed a revolving restaurant.
A second restaurant occupied the very top of the silo, just below the cylindrical extension.
The rows of windows visible at the top of the rectangular tower are those of the restaurant.
Originally this restaurant was designed as a kind of open roof garden.
In the middle were flower beds, a dance floor and water games.
Around 1970 it was rebuilt with a proper roof and large skylights.
The revolving restaurant was added also around the same time.
In 2013, Henninger Turm was demolished and a new tower is being erected in its place.
The design of the new Henninger Turm will be inspired by the original tower.
