The Next Glass Walkway?
First in the recent trend of glass walkways came the Grand Canyon Skywalk (2007):
![](//4.bp.blogspot.com/-L4rDC9NzOLM/VGEEfLQ4SpI/AAAAAAAADGE/brVcMnMyCiM/s640/grandcanyonskywalk-2.jpg)
[Photo from Grand Canyon National Park]
Then The Ledge at Willis Tower's Skydeck (2009):
![](//4.bp.blogspot.com/-xb9DZDLTpaw/VGED3tOdgCI/AAAAAAAADF8/oxrNRQ_aSec/s640/Vito-2009-36.jpg)
[Photo from Skydeck website]
And this year came the Eiffel Tower:
![](//4.bp.blogspot.com/-ikge36S-n2E/VGEFQGduPgI/AAAAAAAADGM/jZLKBvWJ4l0/s640/54354954d7c0432da0c037240ab5c3b7.jpg)
[Photo from Tour Eiffel]
And the Tower Bridge:
![](//4.bp.blogspot.com/-bKeDYPrJevU/VGEFysFwKLI/AAAAAAAADGU/ZKB3LC8QQiI/s640/GlassFloorNew.jpg.952x476_q100.jpg)
[Photo from Tower Bridge Exhibition]
So what will be the next trendy, vertigo-inducing glass walkway attraction?
A logical site would be the Gateway Arch in St. Louis:
![](//1.bp.blogspot.com/-qu2MFS0PsXc/VGEdf1c50YI/AAAAAAAADG4/YLcHUWrFnrs/s640/Travel_AmericaSTL_ArchTopDown%2Bcopy.jpg)
[Background image from Together We Roam]
But why not an Amazon warehouse?
![](//1.bp.blogspot.com/-mpuwiQSeSUk/VGEzQXBPKLI/AAAAAAAADHg/F-dZk_d7ftY/s1600/amazon.jpg)
[Background photo from Newsweek]
Or even the Oval Office?
![](//1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-FTVMIR520/VGEeZcJRkLI/AAAAAAAADHA/S1Y9JbI_QhA/s1600/oval-office.jpg)
[Background photo from White House Museum]
What would you want to see from above through a glass walkway?
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L4rDC9NzOLM/VGEEfLQ4SpI/AAAAAAAADGE/brVcMnMyCiM/s640/grandcanyonskywalk-2.jpg)
[Photo from Grand Canyon National Park]
Then The Ledge at Willis Tower's Skydeck (2009):
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xb9DZDLTpaw/VGED3tOdgCI/AAAAAAAADF8/oxrNRQ_aSec/s640/Vito-2009-36.jpg)
[Photo from Skydeck website]
And this year came the Eiffel Tower:
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ikge36S-n2E/VGEFQGduPgI/AAAAAAAADGM/jZLKBvWJ4l0/s640/54354954d7c0432da0c037240ab5c3b7.jpg)
[Photo from Tour Eiffel]
And the Tower Bridge:
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bKeDYPrJevU/VGEFysFwKLI/AAAAAAAADGU/ZKB3LC8QQiI/s640/GlassFloorNew.jpg.952x476_q100.jpg)
[Photo from Tower Bridge Exhibition]
So what will be the next trendy, vertigo-inducing glass walkway attraction?
A logical site would be the Gateway Arch in St. Louis:
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qu2MFS0PsXc/VGEdf1c50YI/AAAAAAAADG4/YLcHUWrFnrs/s640/Travel_AmericaSTL_ArchTopDown%2Bcopy.jpg)
[Background image from Together We Roam]
But why not an Amazon warehouse?
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mpuwiQSeSUk/VGEzQXBPKLI/AAAAAAAADHg/F-dZk_d7ftY/s1600/amazon.jpg)
[Background photo from Newsweek]
Or even the Oval Office?
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-FTVMIR520/VGEeZcJRkLI/AAAAAAAADHA/S1Y9JbI_QhA/s1600/oval-office.jpg)
[Background photo from White House Museum]
What would you want to see from above through a glass walkway?
Hmm...probably a football stadium during an important match..or any match for that matter!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Pyramid in Memphis, TN is getting a glass-floor balcony added onto the South and West facades… but I imagine it will be a bit difficult to look down during the day when the sunlight is reflecting off the stainless steel skin.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the St. Louis Science Museum has a walkway over I-64 with a glass-floor area from which you can shoot a radar-gun at passing cars to check their speed. I like your Jefferson Memorial suggestion a lot.