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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: mystery-ak on May 15, 2021, 08:23:14 pm
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Would YOU dare step out on 'The Ascent'? An outdoor GLASS elevator will take tourists 1,210 feet above Manhattan when the 77-story high, $3.3B tower at One Vanderbilt opens next to Grand Central Station in October
The $3.3billion development next to Grand Central Station will feature an elevator that will ascend more than 1,000 feet above Manhattan
The 'Ascent' is an outdoor, all-glass elevator that takes people 1,210 feet above NYC
The 'Levitation' is a sky box that juts out from the building and suspends guests 1,063 feet above Madison Avenue
Summit One Vanderbilt will be the tallest building in central Manhattan at 1,401 feet and will feature 77 stories
By Christopher Eberhart For Dailymail.Com
Published: 13:57 EDT, 15 May 2021 | Updated: 14:27 EDT, 15 May 2021
The $3.3 billion development at One Vanderbilt - which will be the tallest building in central Manhattan at 1,401 feet high - will feature an enclosed, outdoor glass elevator and transparent sky boxes, giving people a bird's-eye view of New York City.
The outdoor elevator, dubbed the 'Ascent,' will travel 1,210 feet up along the side of the skyline-defining, 77-story tower being built for $3.3billion next to Grand Central Station.
The sky boxes - called 'Levitation' - will jut out from the building and suspend guests 1,063 feet above Madison Avenue.
(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/05/15/19/43024234-9582345-The_3_3billion_development_next_to_Grand_Central_Station_in_New_-a-106_1621103257432.jpg)
The $3.3billion development next to Grand Central Station in New York City has an outdoor, glass elevator and suspended sky boxes that allow tourists to look at NYC from 1,000 feet above
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The all-glass, outdoor elevator takes riders up 1,210 feet above New York City
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9582345/NYCs-scary-new-tourist-attraction-takes-people-1-210-feet-Manhattan.html
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After what happened to that sky bridge in China a little while back?
Nope.
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The Grand Canyon has its own scary glass bottomed Skywalk:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=grand+canyon+glass+overlook&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.canyontours.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F02%2Fgrand-canyon-skywalk-glass.jpg (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=grand+canyon+glass+overlook&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.canyontours.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F02%2Fgrand-canyon-skywalk-glass.jpg)