- Title: 101 floors above Manhattan, a sky high outdoor deck is set to open
- Date: 24th October 2019
- Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) VIEW OF LOWER MANHATTAN FROM EDGE VIEW OF WORLD TRADE CENTER VIEW OF STATUE OF LIBERTY (SOUNDBITE) (English) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HUDSON YARDS EXPERIENCES, JASON HORKIN, SAYING: "So we're at Edge. Edge is 1,100 feet above Manhattan, above New York City. We are the observation deck here at Hudson Yards that's going to open in March. So we're here giving everybody kind of a sneak preview of everything that we have to offer." EAST VIEW OF NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE FROM EDGE VIEW OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (SOUNDBITE) (English) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HUDSON YARDS EXPERIENCES, JASON HORKIN, SAYING: "It amazes me that from one spot I can see the Statue of Liberty all the way around a Central Park and every icon that you've always read about, that you know about, that you want to see. And from here you can see it all in one spot." WOMAN LEANING ON GLASS BARRIER (SOUNDBITE) (English) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HUDSON YARDS EXPERIENCES, JASON HORKIN, SAYING: "Besides the view, we've got other great experiences you can have. We have the glass floor behind me. You can stand on the glass floor, look straight down the street, lay down on the glass floor, take the selfie of you looking down. And all of our glass panels are cantilevered out from the edge. So you can lean against the panels, look straight down. So it's a unique experience that you really can't get anywhere else." VARIOUS OF GLASS FLOOR WOMAN LAYING ON GLASS FLOOR (SOUNDBITE) (English) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HUDSON YARDS EXPERIENCES, JASON HORKIN, SAYING: "What's really unique about building Edge is because we're cantilevered off the building, it's not like building up. You have to think about we're sticking out. There's gravity that does different things. So we actually built Edge kind of at an angle, knowing that as we put more and more of the structure together, it would pull itself back down to level. So the original... the first pieces were angled up more towards the sky and then as all the last pieces came in, it kind of levels itself out. And engineering wise, it's amazing. And, you know, I give the engineers credit for being able to think of how you can actually build this - that's just sticking out over the city, this high up in the air." SLANTED GLASS BARRIER VARIOUS OF VIEW OF EDGE FROM THE STREET
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- Keywords: Hudson Yards New York City observation deck Edge highest outdoor sky deck Jason Horkin
- Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Human Interest / Brights / Odd News,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001B2GKBQ1
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- Story Text: Up, up and away from street level - 1,131 feet (345 meters) in the air the finishing touches are being put on the highest outdoor observation deck in the Western hemisphere.
Edge is being built as part of the new New York City's luxury Hudson Yards complex.
The outdoor observation deck offers a sweeping bird's eye view of Manhattan and on a good day, you can see as far as 80 miles (123 kilometers) away.
"It amazes me that from one spot I can see the Statue of Liberty all the way around a Central Park and every icon that you've always read about, that you know about, that you want to see. And from here you can see it all in one spot," said Executive Director of Hudson Yards Experiences Jason Horkin during a media preview on Thursday (October 24).
Slated glass barriers allow visitors to lean over the city and a glass floor allows visitors to see below.
"You can stand on the glass floor, look straight down the street, lay down on the glass floor, take the selfie of you looking down," Horkin added.
The observation deck was built to extend out from the side of the building. At 100 and 101 floors above ground and with no ground support to hold it into place, Horkin marveled at the engineering.
"It's not like building up. You have to think about we're sticking out," he said. "There's gravity that does different things. So we actually built Edge kind of at an angle, knowing that as we put more and more of the structure together, it would pull itself back down to level. The first pieces were angled up more towards the sky and then as all the last pieces came in, it kind of levels itself out. And engineering wise, it's amazing."
Edge will open to the public on March 11, 2020. The observation deck joins those on New York City's Empire State Building, World Trade Center and Rockefeller Center.
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