groveChuck
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Invited guests to the least probable cocktail lounge in New York meet at a prescribed time on a busy Manhattan street corner. They’re met by a young man in garb somewhere between steampunk and lumberjack, who leads the group down the block, and says something into his lapel.
The entrance tickets they carry are in the form of a pocket watch – which can only be obtained as a gift – with a reservation number and instructions inside advising against high heels and to be ready for a bit of climbing.
A door opens, and once shuttled inside all are told to turn off phones, refrain from photography or tweeting, and that you are in fact trespassing. While they have done their best, the Night Heron cannot guarantee your safety. Follow me...
Then it's through a dark hallway with paint curling off in sheets, onto a fire escape, across a chasm onto a low ledge, and through the back door of a building under construction. After climbing twelve dusty flights to the debris-strewn roof, you see it — the icon of the New York City skyline. Not the looming Empire State Building, or the sharpened jewel of the Chrysler. An extension ladder leads 20 feet up to the underside.
Yes, you're going up into a water tower...
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/05/water-tower-flair/5639/
https://vimeo.com/66447748
The entrance tickets they carry are in the form of a pocket watch – which can only be obtained as a gift – with a reservation number and instructions inside advising against high heels and to be ready for a bit of climbing.
A door opens, and once shuttled inside all are told to turn off phones, refrain from photography or tweeting, and that you are in fact trespassing. While they have done their best, the Night Heron cannot guarantee your safety. Follow me...
Then it's through a dark hallway with paint curling off in sheets, onto a fire escape, across a chasm onto a low ledge, and through the back door of a building under construction. After climbing twelve dusty flights to the debris-strewn roof, you see it — the icon of the New York City skyline. Not the looming Empire State Building, or the sharpened jewel of the Chrysler. An extension ladder leads 20 feet up to the underside.
Yes, you're going up into a water tower...
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/05/water-tower-flair/5639/
https://vimeo.com/66447748