Plus, the Top of the Rock Observation Deck features a live music series in February.
The building then was 21 feet higher than the Empire State Building's observation deck.
That's a total of 1, 576 steps, starting at the lobby and finishing at the observation deck.
The indoor portion of the observation deck includes a pair of over-size, concave mirrors that produce fun-house reflections of visitors.
Ride a glass elevator to the 160-meter-high observation deck for an incredible view of the city and its surroundings.
The photo of a tourist on a World Trade Center observation deck, moments before one of the hijacked planes hit.
On the observation deck was a tarp-covered signal light, which Burke, an ex-Navy lieutenant, likes to flash at passing ships.
I'd ridden a wind current down to the observation deck and spotted Uberman sitting on the ledge with his legs dangling off the side.
It said access to the upper observation deck was limited to a narrow stairwell that did not allow for a quick exit in an emergency.
The current top observation deck at 1, 250 feet is enclosed, but in the original plans it was an outdoor platform where you loaded on and off trans-Atlantic dirigibles parked over midtown.
Mr. Coffey has worked alongside cleaning machines at times but said his most important jobs, including cleaning the glass observation deck at the Twin Towers, have always been done by human hands.
On top of three 55-storey hotel towers sits the famous Sands SkyPark complex, with a stunning 150m infinity pool, the uber-hot Ku De Ta restaurant and bar, and a huge observation deck.
Mr Bloomberg insisted a new observation deck on the statue's pedestal, some 45m up, compensated for that by offering new views of the statue and New York Harbor, but not all visitors on Tuesday were convinced.
Half-asleep, I shuffled to the canopy-level observation deck of my rustic wooden cabin, grabbing binoculars and Tito Narosky's "Birds of Argentina and Uruguay" just as a flurry of yellow plumage transformed into what locals term the "banana toucan, " a rare and striking saffron toucanet.
From the 360-degree observation deck on the 72nd floor of the Shard, the tallest building in Western Europe at 310m, London opens up like a pop-up book and the landmarks of St Paul's Cathedral, the Houses of Parliament and Tower Bridge look toy-town tiny.
Dubbed simply "The Cloud, " the structure would consist of two 400-foot tall mesh towers that are linked by a series of interconnected plastic bubbles, which would themselves house an observation deck inside and be used to display everything from Olympic scores and highlights to a "barometer of the city's interests and moods" outside (that latter bit comes courtesy of the group's partnership with Google).
ENGADGET: Digital 'Cloud' could form over London for the 2012 Olympics
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