A sneak peek inside the Western Hemispheres tallest outdoor observation deck – Yahoo Finance

Opening to the public next week, Edge is the highest outdoor observation deck in the Western Hemisphere.

The sky deck juts out an exhilarating 80 feet from a glass-facade building in Hudson Yards on the far West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Over a thousand feet in the air, the venue opens on March 11, but Yahoo Finance got a sneak peak during Rolling Stones private Women Shaping the Future event on Wednesday.

Edge is designed to take visitors out of their comfort zone to experience New York like never before, said a joint press briefing by its developers Related Companies, Oxford Properties Group, NYC & Company, KPF and Rockwell Group.

Bolted between the east and south sides of 30 Hudson Yards, the 7,500-square-foot deck sits 1,131 feet in the air. A video shows sketches of Hudson Yards on graph paper, coming to life, as guests jet up an ear-popping 60-second elevator ride to the 100th and 101st floors.

The Edge juts out 80 feet from the building in two tiers the entrance is a steep staircase up from the main observation deck made of triangular panels. The windy yet hefty sky deck is 765,000 pounds, made of 15 sections, each weighing between 35,000 and 100,000 pounds. Rather than competing with the skyline views, Edges sleek, minimal design puts New York City in the spotlight.

We wanted... to inspire visitors and ignite a new passion for New York City,said Jason Horkin, vice president of Hudson Yards Experiences. We hope our guests get to experience and enjoy New York City from a whole different perspective.

Courtesy of Related-Oxford.

The harrowing view below is hard to miss, with 360-degree views through angled windows that allow guests to lean out overlooking the city. The nine-foot-tall glass walls are made of 79 panels, totaling 3,000 square feet of glass. Each panel weighs 1,200 pounds and is angled 6.6 degrees outwards.

For the most daring guests, a 225-square-foot triangular floor has a glass panel that offers a view straight down 100 floors to taxicabs and construction cranes below.

Edge is the only sky deck that hangs off a building rather than being on the roof, said Horkin. The result is an experience where you are completely surrounded by sky... [You can] stand on the glass floor and look straight downits breathtaking no matter how many times you do it.

Just above the sky deck is Peak, a restaurant and bar by London-based rhubarb hospitality group that offers floor-to-ceiling views of New York City from the 101st floor. The restaurant offers small, intimate tables and a marble countertop bar appointed by a silver, crescent sculpture. Modern, angular lighting fixtures and silver-and-gold accents pair with cozy carpeting and velvet seating.

Courtesy of Related-Oxford.

The restaurant wraps around one side of the building, and the other side functions as an event venue, with marble floors and circular, gold hoop lighting. The venue also has a small, sleek bar downstairs, on the 100th floor.

The Edge will open to the public on March 11, and standard adult tickets will cost $36. The building and space is part of the Related Companies Hudson Yards development, a massive multi-use neighborhood with over 100 shops and restaurants. The Oxford Properties Group, NYC & Company, and KPF and Rockwell Group partnered with Related Development in the $25 billion development project.

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