West Village Images by Joel Gordon
The $200 million centerpiece of Hudson Yards, The Vessel comes from British
designer Thomas Heatherwick and is an inverted honeycomb-like structure of
platforms and stairways. There are 75 pieces in total, each piece weighing
about 93,000 pounds. It has 2,500 stairs and is 150 feet tall.
The Vessel structure — part interconnected stairway, part tower, part public art sculpture piece — will stand in the heart of the development’s outdoor public space. The Vessel is an elaborate honeycomb-like structure connected staircases between the buildings of Hudson Yards. Designed by Thomas rises 16 stories and consists of 154 flights of stairs, 2,500 steps, and 80 landings, that stretch from its 50-foot-wide base to its 150-foot-wide apex, with the total length of the stairs exceeding 1 mile, that visitors would be able to climb.
The Shops and Restaurants at Hudson Yards with over 100 shops and 25 restaurants on 7 levels and New York City’s first Neiman Marcus.
