Friday 30 July 2021

Fourth death at "The Vessel" sculpture in New York City's Hudson Yards

A 14-year-old boy fell Thursday from the so-called "Vessel" sculpture at New York City's Hudson Yards, the fourth death there since it opened in 2019. Rising 150 feet, the ostentatiously pointless building quickly became a symbol of gentrification, the city's unwillingness to invest in affordable housing, and suicide. — Read the rest