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Photo: The City's Tallest Observation Deck Looks Terrifying
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Jen Carlson
Published Aug 14, 2015
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New York City's tallest observation deck is in the works over in Manhattan's new luxury neighborhood, Hudson Yards. The open-air deck will be situated 1,100-feet above the ground, making it higher than the Empire State Building's observation deck by 50 feet. A new rendering now shows what the deck will look like... and it will look like it's dangling off the top of 30 Hudson Yards. Wheeeeee.
According to the NY Post, the deck is the skyscraper's "thrill seeking element," and will "stretch more than 5,000 square feet, boasting spectacular 360-degree views of Manhattan and beyond." They also note the deck is expected to get around several million visitors annually, though it won't be open for business until 2019, when everyone will have their own jetpacks anyway.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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