The tower's sleek design pales in comparison to its record-shattering features, which include the world's highest glass-bottomed observation deck and the world's fastest elevator.

Scarier still, “sky boxes” on the 92nd floor project outward from the tower’s facade to allow knees-knocking views straight down to Madison Avenue through floors of transparent glass.

Midtown development One Vanderbilt will soon offer thrill-seekers a fresh way to be scared of New York: an all-glass enclosed elevator on the outside of the building. The see-through human ...

April 07, 2017 The Lotte World Tower's glass-bottomed observation deck – the world's tallest at a height of 497.6 m (1,633 ft) – is reached by the world's fastest elevator Tim Griffith View 5 ...

A planned observation deck atop Chicago’s Aon Center is aiming to up the thrill factor with a glass-walled, double-decker elevator that would climb 1000 feet along the skyscraper’s glass and ...

The owners of the Aon Center are floating a plan to attach a glass-sheathed elevator tower to the skyscraper’s exterior to ferry visitors to and from a new observation deck, according to a city ...

Work was recently completed on a US$165 million renovation of New York City's Empire State Building. The iconic skyscraper now offers a revamped Observatory Experience, including a glass-walled ...

03-26-2019 DESIGN Chicago is getting a terrifying new architectural thrill ride Architects at Solomon Cordwell Buenz will attach a glass elevator to the side of the 45-year-old Aon Center skyscraper.

But by mid-2018 elevator operators will mostly be a thing of the past at Smith Tower. They’re switching the elevators from manual to the classic push-button system every other building uses.

DETROIT - The glass elevator ride alone is worth the trip to the top of the state's tallest skyscraper, where you'll now find Michigan's two highest restaurants and bar. A high-end steakhouse, a ...