Guinness World Records at first rejected a tower replica that Richard Plaud made from more than 700,000 matchsticks. But on further review, the organization said it might have been too "heavy-handed." ...

Richard Plaud labored 4,200 hours over eight years to painstakingly transform more than 700,000 matchsticks into a 23½-foot-tall model of the Eiffel Tower, driven by a goal he had held since he ...

Developer Fred Latsko plans a 500-unit, 40-story apartment tower on land he owns on the under-construction Guinness brewery and taproom site in Fulton Market ...

However, Guinness said he used the wrong type. Richard Plaud has spent eight years crafting a 23.6-foot model of the Eiffel Tower using matchsticks. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

Guinness World Records on Thursday told Frenchman Richard Plaud that his 23.6 ft matchstick Eiffel Tower was a record height, a day after initially rejecting it for using the wrong matches to ...

Weeks after disqualifying a 24-foot tower made of matchsticks, Guinness World Records apologized and said it had been too “heavy handed.” By Jenny Gross Richard Plaud toiled over eight years ...