"The Edge"
Posted on 08/05/2021 5:37:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
SAO PAULO, Aug 4 – Visitors lie with their feet in the air, sit on the glass floor and walk to the edge of a transparent box as they pose for photos in a new sky deck on the 42nd level of Sao Paulo’s tallest building, the Mirante do Vale.
Called the Sampa Sky, the dizzying lookout officially opens on Sunday, but some people got a sneak peek on Wednesday.
“I think it’s beautiful, I love it. It was something that was missing in Sao Paulo,” said Sylvia Barreto, who admitted she was a little scared when she stepped out into the glass box.
The deck, nine floors below the top of the 170-metre-high (558-feet) building, was inspired by Chicago’s Skydeck, on the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower.
“It’s an incredible sensation,” said Deise Remos. “I am scared to death of heights, I must confess, but I worked through the fear. After the first step it was incredible, it is incredible to see the city from this height.”
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Gives me the willies.
"The Edge"
London has a sky pool……same type of thing….horrifying to me.
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I toured this guys house in Columbus Ohio. He had glass stairways leading up to the third floor and glass bridges between rooms on the upper floors. It gave me the willies. I wish I could have taken pictures, but they were forbidden.
My wife wouldn’t let me step out onto the one on the Sears (Willis) Tower.
How about NO?
Just standing near that chain link fence is more than enough. If this was within certain cities of the USA, you would be wise to look around you before setting a foot on that rooftop.
Does anyone in this elevator going up look nuts enough to wanna push a stranger through that fence?
Of course, these strangers may be looking at me and wonder the very same thing.
“This guy looks like some kind of nut. Probably from California.”
Cool!
But I did visit the (original) World Trade Center's rooftop observation and it was an experience I'll never forget...and I'll absolutely visit "The Edge" as well.
A few years ago we visited the observation deck of the Burj Kalifa in Dubai...the tallest building in the world.But it was enclosed and not particularly exciting.
My first visit to the Twin Towers in NYC was an experience. I really don’t like heights and when the elevator reached the top floor where the restaurant was —— the elevator door opened and a few feet away was a window of glass showing all of NYC. I just wanted to get away from it.
Yet —— why do I like the window seat when I am in an airplane??
On the observation deck of the World Trade Center, you could see the signature of George Willig, the guy who climbed WTC 2. They never removed it.
If I ever actually had the chance to see it, I might talk myself into it.
Re: Burj Kalifa in Dubai: That must have been quite a long elevator ride going up, unless it was so quick you ears began to pop.
Yah,I think I remember that...it was sometime in the 70s.
The Chinese have built glass walkways along mountain cliffs. Because they are a humorous people they include panels that appear and sound as if they are breaking as people walk on them. Hilarity ensues.
I love looking at pictures of those; but I’d probably be freaked to go to the edge of one:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sLPb9YoVjmE/maxresdefault.jpg
Now I’ll have nightmares. Thanks! 🤡
I went to the top of original wtc and i dont remember being close enough to the edge to be able be pushed over or jump over. From what i vaguely remember they kept you well back enough that that thought didnt cross my mind.
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