Yahoo News Highest observation deck in western hemisphere to open in New York in 2020
This is the hair-raising new viewing platform set to tower of New York’s streets from next year.
Standing at 1,100 feet tall the Edge, part of the new Hudson Yards development in Manhattan, will become the highest observation deck in the western hemisphere and the fifth highest in the world.
Towering above the Manhattan skyline, ascent to the platform will the steely-nerved visitors one minute where they will have access to the platform that extends some 65 feet from the 30 Hudson Yards Tower – including a glass floored section.
CNN reports that while no opening date has been announced group bookings are being taken for the first quarter of next year.
“Edge invites visitors to walk out into the sky and embrace unobstructed, panoramic views of New York City like never before,” says Jason Horkin, executive director of Hudson Yards Experiences.
“The name reflects both the unique structural design, which pierces the sky when observed from below, and the exhilarating feeling of being on the brink of something exceptional — exactly where you are on edge.”
Once launched, Edge will stand taller than the observation deck at the Empire State Building, which is 1,050 feet above street level, as well as Top of the Rock at the Rockefeller Center, 850 feet above street level.
The 30 Hudson Yards tower was designed by William Pedersen of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates as part of Manhattan’s newest neighborhood Hudson Yards.
Built over 28 acres of a working rail yard on Manhattan’s west side, Hudson Yards is the largest ever privately built real estate project in the US, with a cost of around $28 billion.
The complex will also include more than 100 shops and restaurants; The Shed, a cultural and performing arts venue and a public square and gardens.
