[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Duck From NY

Part of Midtown will be blocked, but nonetheless, St.George has an amazing view, and that exact location is the best because the ESB is visible to the left of downtown. A few blocks East of there, and it's blocked.

What you won't see in Midtown from that view is nothing major. All of the larger towers, like 432 Park, Tower Verre, etc. will be visible. As will all of the development on the west side. But that will be just a fraction of the view from the wheel, and not the most important view. The magnificence of the harbor in its entirety will be spread out for all to see. The complex nature of New York will be visible, something you don't get in the canyons of Manhattan. Even the hotel and the Harbor Commons will have nice views over the harbor, as will the rooftop park. And even from the photo you posted, you can see how the skylines of Brooklyn, Jersey City, and Manhattan from the west side to Downtown will blend. They can't build this fast enough for me.



http://www.northjersey.com/news/NYC_...ris_wheel.html

NYC Ferris wheel would tower over one planned for Meadowlands

September 27, 2012
BY JOHN BRENNAN

New York Mayor Bloomberg’s announcement Thursday of plans to bring a giant Ferris wheel to the Staten Island waterfront, offering breathtaking views of Manhattan, should sound familiar to North Jerseyans. That’s because such a structure has been part of the plans for the project once known as Xanadu since 2003.

But there’s one difference, and it’s a big one: The Meadowlands version, once envisioned as the tallest in North America, would stand less than half as tall as the Staten Island wheel, which would be the largest in the world at 625 feet high. The proposed Jersey wheel gained a corporate sponsor in February 2008, when it became known as the Pepsi Globe. But that was before a worldwide economic collapse, the departure of a second Xanadu project developer, and a virtual shutdown in construction that’s lasted for more than three years.

Triple Five did not have a comment on the plans for the New York wheel, which would sit just 10 miles away from what is now called the American Dream Meadowlands site. “The observation wheel — with its views of New York as well as New Jersey — is one of the varied entertainment components, including the DreamWorks themed amusement and water parks, indoor ski and ice skating facilities, etc., that will make American Dream Meadowlands one of the most attractive destination points for local, regional, national and international visitors,” said American Dream spokesman Alan Marcus. Pepsi was said to have a 10-year naming rights deal as of 2008, but the company is not listed as a corporate sponsor on the website of American Dream Meadowlands. A spokesman for Pepsi could not be reached.

The Pepsi Globe was touted in 2008 as an “observation wheel” in the style of the London Eye, with 26 glass-enclosed capsules containing up to 20 riders apiece slowly taking 25 minutes to make a single revolution. The footings for the wheel are in place at American Dream. The Staten Island version would feature 36 capsules, with each holding up to 40 passengers. It would stand 84 feet higher than the current record-holder, the 541-foot Singapore Flyer. The site, adjacent to the Staten Island Yankees baseball home, near the Staten Island Ferry slip, also would add a 350,000 square foot retail complex and a 120,000-foot hotel, Bloomberg said.