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Behold Summit, NYC's Newest Observatory With Vertigo-Inducing Glass Balcony
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An overview of the first floor of the Summit experience
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Let's start at tour at the beginning; after ascending from a lobby connected to Grand Central Station, you enter this hallway, which has a cool pulsating light show
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Then you enter the main space on the first floor, which is two stories high and has mirrors everywhere
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Lots of selfie possibilities!
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Influencers everywhere!
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The walls and floors all reflect amazing views of the city
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Looking through the glass downtown
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There are views in all four directions; this is looking east down 42nd Street
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As you leave the main roof, you enter a lobby with views to the north, which will eventually have a Yayoi Kusama installation.
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Up one floor are the balconies overlooking the main room.
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A view East along the balconies on the second floor.
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More views of the city!
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Looking West on the second floor balconies
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There are two cutaway tubes connecting the first two floors
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Looking through one of the tubes
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In the lobby on the second floor is a glass balcony where you can stand over the city
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It's actually quite scary looking down at Madison!
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Another view of the balcony
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The bathrooms boast amazing views to the north!
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A view east towards Citibank Tower
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Looking down on Bryant Park with Hudson Yards in the background
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Looking north towards Billionaires' Row along 57th
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There's a new Danny Meyer restaurant on the third floor, surrounded by a balcony with open air views
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Looking at the balconies on the third floor
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On the third floor there's an elevator that takes you even higher
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The elevator has another glass bottom!
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Looking east from the elevator
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You exit through a gift shop, and then go down an elevator through another gift shop to the exit.
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