Tilt Glass Enclosue In The John Hancock Center Chicago
Alessandro Ilarda
Jun 11, 2014
The newest adrenaline-pumping attraction in the city of Chicago in U.S.A is Tilt, located over a thousand feet in the air of the John Hancock Center. An eight person glass enclosure of sorts, Tilt is different from conventional observation decks in that it literally tilts forward to offer you a truly mesmerizing (and a little scary) perspective of The Magnificent Mile in Chicago.
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Unsurpassable Views
As the platform edges outward slowly to an adventurous angle above the Windy City, tourists and visitors to Chicago will experience unsurpassable views. That is, if you can stomach leaning over the edge of a 94-story skyscraper.
Tourist Attraction
Opened inside the John Hancock Center over the weekend, Tilt has increasingly been labelled Chicago’s multi-million dollar tourist attraction. As you are tilted about 1,000 feet in the air, you may want to hold onto the bars on each side of you tightly. The platform pivots out to tilt at an angle of 30 degrees downward, giving you the ultimate view of the city skyline below.
Terrifying Yet Thrilling
It’s a lot like leaning over your balcony, except at a much bigger angle. So far, visitors have termed the experience everything from terrifying and thrilling to vertigo-inducing. When you’re tilting every part of your body tenses for the fall, but alas, you only tilt. Costing $5 plus general admission to the 360 Chicago observation deck, it is $18 for adults and $12 for kids.
Standing On Glass
Oh, and as if the tilting wasn’t insane enough, the ground below you is made of three layers of fully tempered glass. The rectangular box makes use of three hydraulic lifts to tilt is ever so slowly from the rest of the building. Created by engineer John Peronto, the platform has been claimed to be extremely safe and took one year to develop.
