This attraction offers views of New York from a glass-floored platform 345 metres above the ground. Would you venture onto it?

Described as the highest in the Western Hemisphere, the triangular Edge platform projects from a hundred-storey skyscraper designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) as part of Manhattan’s Hudson Yards development.

Its design makes the platform appear suspended without visible supports, giving visitors a sense of floating above the city as they take in panoramic views.

The triangular platform follows the form of its glazed floor section and echoes an opening near the skyscraper’s summit, several floors above.

Edge faces south and east and consists of 15 segments forming the platform and its angled base.

Its total weight is 346,998 kilograms.

Instead of a conventional railing, 79 tall, frameless glass panels surround the platform, preserving views of the Hudson River, Central Park and the Empire State Building.

The glass barrier tilts gently outwards, allowing visitors to look more directly at their surroundings.

Views can also be enjoyed from inside the building. A bar occupies the same level, while the Peak restaurant on the 101st floor is reached by lift or external stairs from the platform.

Both levels have large glazed panels. New York-based Rockwell Group designed the hospitality interiors.

The short video below takes viewers 345 metres above New York.

Original article from Telegrafi.