Vessel is a series of 154 interconnected stairways
Toronto-based developer Oxford Properties is the lead developer for a huge commercial and residential development in west Manhattan to be called Hudson Yards. In its public space Hudson Yards features a mind-boggling structure known as Vessel. The New York Times Wednesday has called Vessel a $150 million stairway to nowhere. It also suggests Vessel will become the City’s next Rorschach test. Can this be good? Never mind. Hudson Yards is the creation of billionaire Stephen M. Ross and British designer (he of Vessel) Thomas Heatherwick, 46. The Times says that Vessel is a big, bold and basket-shaped creation made up of 154 interconnecting flights of steps. Oxford Properties is an omnipresent firm in Toronto property which is owned entirely by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS). New York Times
