The Vessel structure — part interconnected stairway, part tower, part public art sculpture piece — will stand in the heart of the development's outdoor public space.
The Vessel is an elaborate honeycomb-like structure connected staircases between the buildings of Hudson Yards. Designed by Thomas rises 16 stories and consists of 154 flights of stairs, 2,500 steps, and 80 landings, that stretch from its 50-foot-wide base to its 150-foot-wide apex, with the total length of the stairs exceeding 1 mile, that visitors would be able to climb.