"The building is a crystalline social condenser, one that reveals expansive skyline views and creates spaces for academics and entrepreneurs to slow down, talk to one another, and generate ideas in unprecedented ways," said Marion Weiss and Michael A. Manfredi, co-founders of WEISS/MANFREDI.
There is a small reception area and a bar on the ground level, but the action takes place on the higher floors; its Quartz Crystal spa on the 31st and 32nd floors sports a 20m saltwater lap pool and a big, bright fully-equipped fitness centre with expansive skyline views.
The challenge is finding a place to have a warm-weather cocktail or a quality beer, talk for a bit and take in a view that is more expansive than a skyline composed of vodka and bourbon bottles.
There is a jaw-dropping panoramic view of the Manhattan skyline from the expansive roof terrace, the perfect party space.
The patio and several rooms have expansive views of the Toronto skyline, including the well-known CN Tower.
It might seem a stretch to ask audience members at Bargemusic, the floating concert hall on the East River with an expansive view of the Manhattan skyline, to imagine themselves next to the Rhine in 1475, as the tenor and lutenist Eric Redlinger did before a concert on Thursday evening.
The first, "A Little Fall of Rain," finds them in a foggy Asian-themed arboretum engaged in a surreal assignation; the second, "And Dreaming Is Nursed in Darkness," unfolds in a dark, empty courtroom; and the final title installment finds them on a rooftop with an expansive view of the Manhattan skyline (actually Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, Queens).
A few minutes later, I nervously crossed the Throg's Neck Bridge from Long Island to the Bronx, a venue that affords an even clearer and more expansive view of the entire skyline.
A rooftop deck has expansive views of the growing Queens skyline nearby, as well as Manhattan and the iconic 59th Street bridge in the background.
NEW YORK, July 12 (Reuters) - From the nearest bus stop, workers navigate about a mile of overgrown and cracked sidewalk before they reach Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point Park in the Bronx, with its pristine fairways, treacherous bunkers and expansive views of the jagged Manhattan skyline.
In one direction you'll see the city's expansive harbor; in the other, its sparkling skyline.
