- The Vessel is a brand-new, 150-foot tall climbable sculpture in New York City's new $25 billion Hudson Yards neighborhood.
- The sculpture cost $200 million to build andfeatures 154 interconnected staircases, nearly 2,500 individual steps, and 80 landings.
- I was one of the first to climb the Vessel on Hudson Yards' opening day, and I found the view of the inside was way cooler than just seeing the exterior.
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I climbed Vessel, the $200 million, 2,500-step sculpture in Hudson Yards — and the view from the inside blew me away
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I was one of the first to climb the Vessel, a $200 million sculpture in New York City's Hudson Yards.
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The Vessel, a $200 million climbable sculpture in New York City's Hudson Yards , is now officially open to the public.
Designed by Thomas Heatherwick, it's the sculptural centerpiece of Hudson Yards, Manhattan's new $25 billion neighborhood thatincludes office buildings, luxurious residential towers, and a seven-story luxury shopping center with stores like Louis Vuitton and Dior.
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Called the Vessel, the 150-foot tall climbable sculpture cost an estimated $200 million to build , according to Curbed. It includes 154 interconnected staircases, nearly 2,500 individual steps, and 80 landings.
"[The Vessel] is going to be to New York City what the Eiffel Tower is to Paris ," Jeff Blau, the CEO of Related Companies, the developer behind Hudson Yards, told CBS.
I was one of the first to climb the Vessel on Hudson Yards' opening day. Here's what it was like.
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- I got an inside look at Hudson Yards on opening day. Here's what the glitzy neighborhood is like, from the $200 million climbable sculpture to the 7-story 'vertical shopping experience'
- The billionaire behind Hudson Yards, the most expensive real-estate development in US history, says it's 'not a neighborhood for the rich'
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