Ultimately, they went with an external glass slide. Bank Tower will remove the Skyslide and Skyspace public observation deck, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. The SkySlide is an all glass slide which goes from the 70th to the 69th floor of the US Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles. “We have to do something that doesn’t exist anywhere else,” Rumantir said. LOS ANGELES (AP) A renovation will do away with a slide that gave thrill-seekers a brief ride on the outside of a downtown Los Angeles skyscraper. Cable cars going around the outside of the building. They needed something special.Ī lot of ideas were thrown around: Bungee jumping from the roof. But lots of tall buildings in big cities have observation decks. It was a no-brainer: On a clear day, you can see all the way out to the ocean. Lucy Rumantir, the president and chief executive of OUE for the Americas, said the company began having meetings about six months after the acquisition to discuss what new elements could be added to attract more than just office workers. Before you can get a really proper scream going, you’re launched out onto a safety mat on an outdoor deck on the 69th floor.Īccording to the building’s owner, Singapore-based OUE Ltd, the glass on the fully-enclosed slide can withstand hurricane-force winds and even a powerful earthquake.
Fourteen meters sounds long, but the ride takes just a few seconds. After that, you hurtle yourself over the precipice. You need to sit on a grey mat and pull it over your feet to ride. The US$3.5 million (S$4.7 million) slide is part of a US$50-million renovation of the top floor of the building, which, at 810m, is currently the tallest building west of the Mississippi. The Skyslide, on the 73rd floor of the US Bank Tower, opened to the public on Saturday and allows thrill seekers to slide 14 m to an outdoor platform on the 69th floor. Nearly 305 meters above the streets, a glass slide on the outside of the city’s tallest building is preparing to welcome the brave. Los Angeles - There is a new tourist attraction in downtown Los Angeles.
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