As initially reported earlier this week by 6sqft following an April 26 public meeting of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), a series of thrilling—or horrific, depending on your tolerance for extreme heights—enhancements have been given the go-ahead at the Top of the Rock observatory at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan.
The LPC unanimously voted to approve the dizzying new additions, which include a cake topper-esque “skylift” ride that will slowly thrust visitors nearly 900 feet above the city streets within a circular, glass-enclosed platform rising from the historic Art Deco skyscraper’s 70th floor. Also proposed for the 70th floor will
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