Edge will open next March 11 but tickets are already on sale
**EDGE AT HUDSON YARDS**
The trendy neighborhood of New York will have, from March 11, 2020 , which will most likely be the most instagrammable observatory in the city . It is located on top of skyscraper 30 Hudson Yards and occupies the 100th and 101st floors. The elevator takes exactly one minute to take us to the top and put our vertigo to the test because part of the outdoor terrace has a glass floor.
So, the bravest, can walk through it watching the yellow taxis circulate along the tenth avenue, 335 meters below. Or, better yet, they will be able to lie on the ground to take a selfie suitable for the brave.
The terrace “hole” is not the only element that turns this gazebo into a adventurer magnet . The balcony, protruding 20 meters from the building , is protected by a glass wall almost 3 meters high.
Edge rendering
The view, **from north to south of the island of Manhattan**, is unobstructed. But to give more emotion to the matter, the glass panes are slightly angled outwards . This is designed so that visitors lean out, pressing their foreheads against the glass, to contemplate the abyss of the asphalt jungle. It is not for less. when i open, It will be the highest outdoor observatory in the city.
Although the Edge cannot be visited until next spring, Tickets are now on sale at $36 for online purchase and $38 at the box office . The observatory will be open from 8 a.m. to midnight.
Edge rendering
** FLOORS 86 AND 102 OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING **
No matter how much competition he gets, the Empire State Building It is still the most iconic of New York's skyscrapers and its views have attracted illustrious characters such as the very King Kong . The observatory has recently put the batteries to update u An experience that has been lived since the inauguration of the building , on May 1, 1931.
The summer of 2018, the main entrance ceased to be the always busy Fifth Avenue to open, more spacious, just around the corner, on 34th street . In addition, the always heavy journey to the elevators has been lined with new facilities full of interesting information to discover how the formidable structure was built.
Southeastern views of New York City from the Empire State Building's 102nd floor observation deck
Surely the point where more visitors accumulate is the space that recreates an old office of the building attacked by the great gorilla that made the skyscraper famous (and not the other way around). If you've always wondered what it would feel like to be squeezed between King Kong's fingers, this is your chance!
The great novelty has arrived this fall with the modernization of the highest observatory , on the 102nd floor. This floor was built as a waiting room for the passengers of the airships that had to moor at the top of the Empire State Building. Something quite practical for office workers but also very filmy and was never carried out.
Since then It functions as a new observatory that now looks like never before. The old windows have been converted into large glass walls, two and a half meters high, which no longer obscure one of the best views of the city. If you go up, pay attention in the elevator. Its doors are transparent and you will be able to see, albeit fleetingly, the interior of the skyscraper's mast.
The Empire State Building open from 8 in the morning until 2 in the morning . Admission to the 86th floor observatory costs $38 and $20 more to go up to the 102nd floor.
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ONE WORLD OBSERVATORY
There is no higher peak in the New York skyscraper range than that of the observatory of the One World Trade Center. To over 380 meters from the smoking asphalt , the viewpoint offers three floors, from 100 to 102 , to enjoy unprecedented bird's-eye views. It's the only observatory in Lower Manhattan so unlike its competitors, much closer to the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges and the mouth of the hudson river . Opened in 2015, at the bed of the ill-fated Twin Towers, it was the first to create a visitor experience before reaching the peak.
The route winds through a small maze that simulates shale , the rock that is the base of Manhattan, and leads us to the elevators. The journey only lasts 47 seconds , more than enough time for a projection, on the interior walls of the elevator, of the transformation of the south of the island throughout history. Once up there, a visual spectacle with surprise ending (that we are not going to burst you) and then just lose yourself on the three floors and plant your nose in the glass.
The One World Observatory is open from 8 in the morning to 9 at night. The price of your ticket is $35 for adults and $29 for children under 12 years old.
380 meters from the asphalt and with surprise when arriving at the observatory
TOP OF THE ROCK
The eternal rival of the Empire State Building is this beautiful building which rises a few blocks further north, on the 49th street with the same Fifth Avenue . The dilemma is always the same. Which views are better? The Empire State Building has better views of the south of the island and the chrysler building while the Top of the Rock allows you to contemplate ** Central Park and the new super luxury skyscrapers that are beginning to block it **.
The choice is not easy. But the truth is that the observatory of the Rockefeller Center has an advantage that the other will never have: views of the Empire State Building . That is why more and more visitors are prioritizing going up to the Top of the Rock and challenge the pushes that occur at rush hour, when the sun goes down. In addition, it has the attraction that the observatory it's outdoors and you can climb to the top, to the 70th floor, with perfect 360 degree views.
Top of the Rock You can get on from 8 in the morning to 12:30 in the morning. Admission for adults is 38 dollars but you have to add 10 more if you want to go up during sunset , which is the most requested.
Top of the Rock
CHRYSLER BUILDING
Did you know that the chrysler building had a restaurant and an observatory with movie views? The place, called Cloud Club , was reserved for executives and functioned until 1979. Less fortunate was the observatory, which closed in 1945, barely 15 years after its inauguration. Since then, visitors they can only visit the entrance of the building and little else. but there is good news.
The Chrysler Building changed hands earlier this year (a $150 million deal) and the new owners are embarking on the complete reform of the building (which could be converted into a hotel) and the observatory rescue . We will have to wait seated to get rid of doubts.
chrysler building
ONE VANDERBILT
Very close to the Chrysler Building, on the other side of the Central Station, one of the tallest skyscrapers in new york is being completed and will also have its own observatory . is the call OneVanderbilt and will be finished in 2020 with rumors to an inauguration of the viewpoint one year later.
We are before the The Edge's main rival who competes in height, 311 meters, four less than the Hudson Yards observatory and also with views of Midtown, although on the east side.
What is clear is that you will have to prepare your pocket for your next trip to the heights of New York.
The future great competitor of The Edge