The West Side of Manhattan has a recent, huge and expensive real estate development called Hudson Yards. It contains several very tall buildings, one of which has the overlook called The Edge, which I think we will come to. The central plaza contains this sculpture, for want of a better word, called The Vessel. The Escher-y network of stairways lets you walk to the top, not quite seen here from within an overpriced shopping mall. (You have to pass by Cartier on the way out.) It is closed to visitors, for now, while they figure out what to do about the rash of suicides.
Great reflection and the term folly get a new meaning in scale here.
ReplyDeleteI was there in October but my visit was at night. It is quite a thing to see. We had dinner at the restaurant at the top of the building called The Peak and yes, we did step out on the edge.
ReplyDeleteHow great a design...I am intrigued and want to place an army of manekins on it to take photos of it looking even more Escher-esque. So sorry about the suicides...I wonder if people become a bit disoriented. That would be too bad.
ReplyDeleteI remember reading about it and the problems it generated.
ReplyDeleteThat is sad, but the sculpture is a marvel.
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