SL Green Realty Corp. has launched ticket sales for Summit One Vanderbilt, featuring the first chapter of “Air,” a story-driven, immersive experience designed by Kenzo Digital. Summit One Vanderbilt is a 65,000 square foot, four-level entertainment space that will open on October 21.
Mixing transparency and reflectivity, “Transcendence” creates the illusion of boundless space, faceting the world into infinite universe without fixed form or limit, the company said. “Air” is a walk-through art experience and story of both literal and figurative reflection. Each step along the journey of “Air” rearranges what visitors see with incredible complexity and scale, as if in defiance of physics. It is an immersion in nature in the heart of Manhattan, likened to a Central Park in the sky. With its unique vantage point, “Air” brings the outside environment into the space and then magnifies it infinitely.
“In addition to its remarkable materiality, ‘Air’ is a living, breathing entity, expressed through its multisensory use of sound, lighting and production design. It’s a story that evolves with each successive space, bringing visitors deeper and deeper into the experience until finally, they become part of it. Though Air is deeply personal, the experience reveals a shared consciousness, inviting visitors of any age to revel in collective wonder,” said Kenzo Digital, Artist and CEO, Kenzo Digital Immersive. “Through its boundless juxtapositions of form, ‘Air’ compels you to live in the present moment: calm, aware and free.”
In addition to “Air,” Summit One Vanderbilt features thrill experiences, food and beverage and an outdoor terrace with the highest urban alpine meadow in the Western hemisphere. Thrill seekers can enjoy two options to test their mettle. Summit One Vanderbilt’s “Levitation” sky boxes allow guests to step out from the envelope of the building and stand on transparent glass 1,063 feet above Madison Avenue. For the extreme thrill seeker, “Ascent,” an all-glass elevator with a transparent glass floor, will take guests from the terrace level up the side of the building, to over 1,200 feet, nesting at the highest viewing point in midtown Manhattan.
The building also features Après, a sky-high lounge and café from Danny Meyer’s Union Square Events, and Summit Terrace, an open-air viewing spot.
Initially, Summit One Vanderbilt will be open Thursday through Sunday; ticket prices will start at $39 for adults. Special pricing for New York City residents is also available online only.
