These photos show what it will like to stand on the tallest outdoor observation deck in not only New York City, but the entire Western Hemisphere.
The New York City skyline is getting a new addition in the Hudson Yards neighborhood, in the west side of Manhattan, and construction has begun on the incredibly high observation deck it will feature.
The 1,100-foot-tall deck will be the fifth tallest in the world and located overlooking the iconic Hudson River.
Since it will extend 65 feet away from the building, it will include a window on the floor that will allow visitors to look down on the NYC skyline, as vertigo-inducing photos obtained by 6sqft show.
The jaw-dropping photos of construction workers atop the new skyscraper show how safety measures have changed since the iconic photo of 11 men having lunch 850 feet from the ground on a steel beam was taken in 1932 as the Rockefeller Center was being built.
Spectacular: Vertigo-inducing photos shows construction workers as they began assembling the observation deck
Look at that! The super-high deck will be in the Hudson Yards neighborhood, in the west side of Manhattan
The deck will be made up of 15 pieces of steel and glass that each weigh from 35,000 to 102,000 pounds and were assembled in Italy and brought to the city on a ferry.
The sections will be organized to look like a ‘jigsaw puzzle in the sky’ and will weigh 756,000 pounds total.
Visitors will be kept safe by a nine-foot wall that will surround the entire 7,500-square-foot deck.
The 90-floor building, which will be at 30 Hudson Yards, was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates.
When it’s finished next year, it will be the second-tallest office building in the city behind One World Trade.
It will include offices, a restaurant, a bar, an event space, lots of shops, and tenants such as DNB Bank, Time Warner Inc., and Wells Fargo.
The Hudson Yards neighborhood is the largest real-estate development in American history, spanning around 28 acres and costing an estimated $25billion, according to Business Insider.
Construction began in 2012 and is expected to be completed in 2024.
Making history: The outdoor observation deck at 30 Hudson Yards will be the tallest in the city and the Western Hemisphere
Scared of heights? Visitors to the incredibly high observation deck will be kept save by a nine-foot glass encircling the area
Since it will extend 65 feet away from the building, the deck will include a window on the floor that will allow visitors to look down on the NYC skyline
Steady: The 1,100-foot-tall deck will be the fifth tallest in the world and located by the iconic Hudson River
How things have changed: Safety measures have surely changed since the iconic photo of 11 men having lunch 850 feet from the ground on a steel beam was taken in 1932 as the Rockefeller Center was being built
Imported: The 7,500-square-foot deck will be made up of 15 pieces of steel and glass brought from Italy on a ferry
The steel and glass pieces will be organized to look like a ‘jigsaw puzzle in the sky’ and will weigh 756,000 pounds total
Tenants of the 90-floor building will include major companies such as DNB Bank, Time Warner Inc., and Wells Fargo
The observation deck is expected to open its doors a few months after the building is finished next year
When it’s finished next year, the building will be the second-tallest office building in the city behind One World Trade
The 90-floor building It will include offices, a restaurant, a bar, an event space, lots of shops
The 90-floor building, which will be at 30 Hudson Yards, was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associate
The Hudson Yards neighborhood is the largest real-estate development in American history, spanning around 28 acres
The neighborhood, costing an estimated $25billion, began being built in 2012 and is expected to be completed in 2024