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New York skyscraper gets a 369-meter glass elevator!

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Wow! Spectacular glass elevator opens over New York

Thrills and a fantastic view of Manhattan in a glass case – New York’s newest viewing platform offers all this and much more. The Summit One Vanderbilt opens in October 2021.





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With this spectacular platform in the heart of Manhattan, the metropolis wants to celebrate the return of tourism to New York City this fall: Summit One Vanderbilt is due to open on October 21. And this attraction really has it all: One of the tallest buildings in the city in Midtown is not only getting a glass viewing platform and an art installation in which the city merges with the building – but also an elevator, the floor of which is completely transparent!

The 65,000 square meter Summit One Vanderbilt on the 59th floor of the skyscraper is spread over four levels. The completely transparent glass boxes called “Levitation” ensure a thrill. They protrude from the building, so that visitors float almost 310 meters above Madison Avenue. This is the best way to watch the hectic hustle and bustle on the street from above.




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One Vanderbilt: Elevator with a glass floor goes up to a height of 369 meters

If you want to go even higher, an all-glass elevator with a transparent glass floor takes you from the terrace to a height of over 364 meters – and thus to the highest vantage point in Midtown Manhattan. It is said to be named “Ascent” and to drive on the outside of the One Vanderbilt skyscraper.

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From there, too, visitors have a great view of the Empire State Building, the East River and even Central Park.

It gets really crazy in the walk-in work of art “Air”. Air is a walk-in art experience that plays with reflection. With every step through the room, it seems as if the visitors are defying physics. Because there the external environment merges with the room and then enlarges it seemingly infinitely.