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The Vessel, a climbable sculpture that drew hordes of tourists to the Hudson Yards megadevelopment on Manhattan’s west side before a string of suicides forced its closure in 2021, will reopen to ...
Vessel is a structure and visitor attraction built as part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Built to plans by the British designer Thomas Heatherwick, the elaborate honeycomb -like structure rises 16 stories and consists of 154 flights of stairs, 2,500 steps, and 80 landings for visitors to climb.
The 150-foot set of spiraling staircases will have new safety guidelines after three people had killed themselves at the site since its opening in 2019.
The Vessel closed in January after 3 similar deaths occurred on its premises and reopened in May with new rules aimed at preventing suicides. The Vessel attraction in N.Y.C. closes again after ...
Technical details. Cost. US$25 billion. Buildings. 10, 15, 30, 35, 50, 55 Hudson Yards, and The Shed. Size. 28 acres (11 ha) Hudson Yards is a 28-acre (11 ha) real estate development in the Hudson Yards neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, between the Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen neighborhoods. It is located on the waterfront of the Hudson ...
The Vessel in New York. In 2016, Heatherwick's design for the Vessel structure at Hudson Yards' Public Plaza in New York City was unveiled. [77] The structure is in the form of a network of interlocking staircases that visitors can climb; its design was inspired by amphitheatres [4] and by the ancient stepwells of India. [78]
A 19-year-old man died by suicide at New York City's Vessel on Saturday in front of the dozens of tourists visiting the popular Hudson Yard's sculpture.
Hudson Yards is a neighborhood on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, bounded roughly by 30th Street in the south, 39th Street in the north, the West Side Highway in the west, and Eighth Avenue in the east. [4][5] The area is the site of a large-scale redevelopment program that is being planned, funded, and constructed under a ...