SUMMIT One Vanderbilt
Mirrored sky chambers and glass observation pods atop Manhattan's fourth-tallest tower.
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About this audio guide
This guide to SUMMIT One Vanderbilt follows artist Kenzo Digital, who spent twenty-five years imagining a mirrored penthouse above New York before finding the exact site in the raw upper floors of One Vanderbilt in 2019. It traces the pandemic-era construction, when he worked alone in protective gear testing prototypes in empty skyscrapers, and the twenty-five thousand square feet of mirrors that shift with the passing clouds. Listen for the low drone woven into the soundscape as you move through the mirrored chambers.
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