An Antidote to the Eiffel Tower Lines

With over 32,000 people visiting the 'Iron Lady' a day and pre-advance tickets sold out for months on months, I can suggest the following options for a view without a queue within Paris.
1) Arc de Triomphe - 15 stories and 284 steps up of the grand perspective down the Champs-Elysees through the Tuileries gardens tot eh Louvre and in the other direction to the Grand Arche de la Defense, but above all the craziness of the hundreds of car milling about below.
2) Centre Pompidou - a fabulous view not so much for its height as the way the city unfolds around you as you go up the sequence of escalators.
3) Towers of Notre Dame - You often have to queue here too, but nothing like as long as for the Eiffel Tower. A steep, narrow climb of 240 steps inside the north tower, across the gallery on the west front with the bonus of gargoyles and chimeras and a second shorter climb ( 147 steps) up the south tower onto the roof for a view that places you right in the very center of Paris
4) Tour Montparnasse - The ugliest building in Paris ( built in the 1970s') but here you take a lift ( 38 seconds) up to the 56th floor viewing lounge with interactive panels and a cafe,with stairs up to the 59th floor outdoor viewing deck. Lower than the Eiffel tower, but more central and with the bonus of a view of the Eiffel Tower.