Welcome, ship!
Finally, the iconic vertical sculpture and viewing platform at Hudson Yards will once again become a hive of activity on Monday, reopening to the public after more than three years.
The gently modified 16-story architectural folly is now safe for all to see, and it was worth the wait.
Hudson Yards developer Related Companies closed the honeycomb-like structure in August 2021 after four tragic deaths by suicide.
Link and designer Thomas Heatherwick took more than two years to come up with a redesign that put new safety measures in place, while maintaining the architectural integrity of the copper-hued colossus and the stunning views from its many levels.
The ship now has floor-to-ceiling protective steel spider web screens on every floor above the second, except the top, where the lack of a ceiling prevented its installation. As a result, the floor remains closed.
The hexagonal pattern mesh is so subtle that it is almost invisible from less than 100 meters away. You see it when you’re on any of the structure’s surfaces, but it doesn’t obstruct the view.
A tour led by Hudson Yards Chief Operating Officer Andrew Rosen revealed that the ship’s maze of stairs and interconnected platforms are just as fun as they once were.
But not all of the 80 landings and 154 flights of stairs are open to the public.
Related decided to close the uptown side above the second level, at least for now. But the best views are to the south.
The first and second floors remain completely open and without mesh barriers.
Similar things. CEO Jeff T. Blau said in a statement that the ship “has always been designed to be entered and explored.
There is a huge demand from the public to do this. Not a day goes by that we don’t have visitors asking where they can buy tickets and when it will reopen.”
Cos previously linked. Chairman, CEO Stephen M. Ross first told us in 2016 that Hudson Yards would soon have an iconic structure to rival the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
He may have overstated things.
But the $200 million ship opened in March 2019 and quickly became one of the most photographed (and Instagrammed) places in the world.
Its reopening after 2021 remained uncertain until The Post broke the news last April that it would happen by the end of 2024.
Admission is $10 as it was before the closing. Visitors from New York City who show proof of residency are admitted free on Thursdays.
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