![]() ![]() Next, stand on the glass floor and look over 100 stories straight down to the city streets below your feet. ![]() Here, frameless glass panels walls are boldly angled outwards to allow you to feel the thrill of leaning out over the edge with the busy city below. Then, head up over 1100 feet to the Observation Deck, and then 80 feet out into the air on the Outdoor Sky Deck. With Edge’s unique vantage point on the western side of Midtown Manhattan, take in the entire Manhattan skyline from 1 place-from the tip of Central Park down to the Statue of Liberty and beyond.īegin your journey on Level 4 of The Shops at Hudson Yards, where you will enter into an immersive multimedia experience explaining the design, construction, and sustainability of Hudson Yards. “Edge is a marvel of architecture, engineering, and technology, suspended in mid-air over 1100 feet above the ground, giving you the feeling of floating in the sky. The elevator ride to Edge takes 52 seconds. Photography courtesy of Related-Oxford.BOOK NOW FROM 43.55$ What will you do in this New York City tour experience? to midnight tickets are required for entry. Photography courtesy of Related-Oxford.Īs Edge gears up to open to the public, staff is taking extra precautions given concerns surrounding the coronavirus, including: additional surface wipe downs lower density elevator rides and readily available hand sanitizer. The skyline steps allow for a completely unobstructed view. ![]() Peak, like Edge, aims to reflect the city surrounding it the restaurant’s signature cocktails feature New York state spirits, as well as a selection of local craft beers and wine, to accompany its modern American menu. One floor above the observation deck, sits Peak -a stately restaurant, bar, and event space that hints of a bygone era despite its relaxed contemporary environment. Even the restrooms at Edge, which is entirely wheelchair accessible, feature reflective doors, surrounding guests with views. At the same time, the core interior wall, which features polished stainless steel, invites the outdoors in by reflecting the sky’s hues from sunrise to sunset. While the outdoor observation deck, which features a 225 square foot glass floor and a stadium seating rest area, is the clear draw, the tower’s interiors are just as appealing, albeit a bit more subtle. The palette of subdued grays and steel blends seamlessly with materials used in the external observation deck, while enabling 360 degree views of Manhattan to remain the focal point throughout the space. Walking out onto the glass floor of the outdoor observation deck offers an often unseen perspective of the city street below. Signage along the path notes the tower’s sustainable features, such as rain water capture and smart fans that filter external air. Next comes a dark, reflective tunnel depicting scenes from the building’s construction, complete with visuals of incoming trains, followed by a well-lit area that spotlights an actual tree (rather than a caisson reimagined as one). The experiential journey continues throughout the queuing line, created by LAB at Rockwell Group, which includes a digitally immersive caisson forest -a tribute to the nearly 300 caissons keeping Hudson Yards aloft -outfitted with materials that reflect patterns found in nature. Edge offers a 7,500 square foot outdoor viewing area. Photography courtesy of Related-Oxford. At a dedicated queuing area on level 4 of the tower, guests encounter an 80-foot-long map of Manhattan stretching across the ceiling with lights activating various neighborhoods accompanied by an audio narrative and soundscape. The building’s interiors, designed by Rockwell Group, keep visitors engaged throughout the journey to the top-or floor 100 of 30 Hudson Yards by KPF-weaving a narrative around every curve and corner that details its evolution from a train yard to a modern urban community. But experiencing Edge, which opens to the public March 11, starts well before reaching the sky-high observation deck. Edge in Hudson Yards is Designed for Sky-High Views Indoors and Out The outdoor observation deck extends almost 80 feet out from the tower at 30 Hudson Yards. Photography courtesy of Related-Oxford.Īs its name suggests, Edge in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards offers a new precipice from which to take in the city’s skyline-rising just over 1,100 feet in the air. ![]()
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