Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, an architect firm with offices here in New York, has proposed a futuristic-looking halo to be suspended between two buildings over Grand Central Station as part of an initiative to bring the travel hub back to its past glory, according to The Wall Street Journal.
SOM's proposal was of a handful of plans submitted to transform Grand Central. WXY Architecture and Foster + Partners also submitted ideas.
The Department of City Planning wants to rezone the area around Grand Central, including parts of Park and Madison Avenues, to allow for new office towers and to create pedestrian space, the WSJ reported.
The redesign would help funnel pedestrian traffic and add a bit more glitz and glam to the structure.
The most striking thing about the halo is it would move up and down between the two new office buildings to give visitors views of the city from different heights.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's Sky Walk halo design is the flashiest of all the proposed plans.
The halo would give visitors a view of the city from different heights, similar to the London Eye, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The firm told The Wall Street Journal that the proposal was "technically feasible" but the bigger challenge would be to "ensure that the government and owners of potential new office towers could work together. "
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