Vessel

532 West 33rd Street | also 530 West 33rd Street | Hudson Yards | built 2018

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The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 2017

    April 18

    Installation of Vessel's steel pieces begins at Hudson Yards

    Construction began on April 18, 2017, when the first 10 of the structure's 75 pieces were installed, with the other 65 due in five batches. The steel components were assembled in Monfalcone, Italy, shipped to the United States and unloaded at docks on the Hudson River. The topping out came in December 2017. The price, first set at $75 million, was later put at $150 to $200 million, which Heatherwick blamed on the complexity of making the steel pieces.

    “Construction started on April 18 with the installation of the first 10 pieces of the 75-piece structure.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2019

    Fifty people pledge never to climb Vessel at the Anti-Stairs Club Lounge

    In 2019 the artist Shannon Finnegan staged the Anti-Stairs Club Lounge at Vessel as a protest. Fifty disabled and non-disabled people took part, each signing a pledge never to go up a single step of the structure. The project called for a permanent lounge with a budget of $150 million, matching what Vessel itself cost to produce.

    Source: shannonfinnegan.com

  3. 2021

    May

    Vessel reopens with a no-solo-visits rule and $10 tickets

    Vessel reopened at the end of May 2021 with a new condition: every visitor had to be accompanied by at least one other person. After the first hour of each day, anyone older than five paid $10 for a ticket, with the revenue meant to fund safety upgrades.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 2021

    January

    The Vessel closes indefinitely after a third death at the structure

    In January 2021 the Vessel is closed indefinitely after a third person dies by suicide there in under a year. It reopens at the end of May 2021, with visitors required to be accompanied by at least one other person. It closes again two months later after a fourth death in July.

    Source: Wikipedia

  5. 2024

    October 21

    The Vessel reopens with steel netting and glass barriers

    The Vessel reopens in October 2024 after more than three years of mostly being closed. Full-height steel mesh netting has been installed on each level, and glass safety barriers have been added. At first only the lowest two levels and parts of the upper levels are open.

    Source: Wikipedia

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