Nearly three years after a series of suicides shut down the Vessel, the 150-foot-tall centerpiece of the Hudson Yards complex in Manhattan, the project’s developer said on Friday that it would reopen this year with new safety measures.
The beehive-shaped sculpture, with a labyrinth of about 2,500 steps and 80 landings, opened in 2019, along with much of the rest of Hudson Yards, a gleaming development in Midtown West.
Not long after, in February 2020, a 19-year-old, Peter DeSalvo III, died by suicide there.
The attraction will reopen once “floor-to-ceiling steel mesh” has been installed on several staircases, said Kathleen Corless, a spokeswoman for Related Companies, the developer of Hudson Yards.
The measure will preserve the “unique experience that has drawn millions of visitors from around the globe,” the company said in a statement.
Persons:
Peter DeSalvo III, Kathleen Corless
Organizations:
Hudson, Related Companies, Hudson Yards
Locations:
Manhattan, Hudson, Midtown West