by Karen Soo, Newsletter Editor
One of New York’s newest attraction is called the Summit at One Vanderbilt on 42 Street.
It consists of 3 levels of mind-bending, multisensory experience with views of New York and New Jersey. You can experience this in the daytime or at night. We opted for the daytime experience.
Unlike the Empire State Building, the concept of this experience is taking an observation deck and taking it up a notch to a level with multiple rooms and installations.
AIR An immersive art experience mixing transparency and reflective to create an illusion of boundless space. The experience being in a room with silver balloons and another room as if you are flying in the clouds.
LEVITATION Imagine stepping into a transparent glass-enclosed skybox extending over 1,000 ft above Madison Avenue. You have 90 seconds to take your pictures.
RELECT is a room of visual immersion art installation by artist Yayoi Kusama, 93-year-old Japanese Artist
ASCENT a sensory defying all-glass elevator reaching SUMMIT’s highest elevation (1,210 ft) above Midtown. This was no big whoop. We could had saved some money if we skipped this.
Lucky for us we had a clear, sunny, blue-sky day. The view was breathtaking and overall, it was a cool New York experience. We spent 3 hours there, taking loads of pictures.
For $75.00 per person, it includes our 18 digital photos. I guess the cost has to paid for the attendants who is walking around continuously Swiffering and wiping the glass floors and mirrors. We don’t want fingerprints in our Instagram photos.
Warning if you are afraid of heights, I would not recommend going there.
After we were done, we went to the famous Katz’s Deli, New York’s oldest deli for their delicious Pastrami Sandwich and where Harry Met Sally.
