Iwao Takamoto, a layout and design artist for The Jetsons told The New York Times in 2005 that the Space Needle “inspired the ‘skypad’ apartment buildings [in the cartoon], whose stilts grew or shrunk depending on the smog.”
This may look like Uncle Dave, but this is actually a likeness of Dean Martin.
![Iwao Takamoto, a layout and design artist for The Jetsons told The New York Times in 2005 that the Space Needle “inspired the ‘skypad’ apartment buildings [in the cartoon], whose stilts grew or shrunk depending on the smog."](https://i0.wp.com/pizzamanagement.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/GOPR0002.jpg?resize=1000%2C750&ssl=1 "Iwao Takamoto, a layout and design artist for The Jetsons told The New York Times in 2005 that the Space Needle “inspired the ‘skypad’ apartment buildings [in the cartoon], whose stilts grew or shrunk depending on the smog.\"")
My old stopping grounds.
The guy standing by the carousel looks like my uncle Dave.