The Vessel viewpoint at New York's Hudson Yards has temporarily closed after a fourth person died by suicide after jumping from the Heatherwick Studio-designed structure.
The attraction is currently closed after a 14-year-old boy jumped from its eighth floor last Thursday, just two months after the viewpoint reopened with new measures in place to prevent suicides.
It is the fourth suicide at the tourist attraction designed by British designer Thomas Heatherwick's studio since it opened in 2019.
Visitors banned from entering alone
The Vessel is a honeycomb-shaped attraction composed of 154 staircases that meet at 80 platforms, built as the centrepiece of the Hudson Yards development.
It reopened to the public on May 29 after being closed for four months. Among the measures introduced in the suicide-prevention overhaul was a buddy system that prevented people from entering the attraction alone.
"Vessel was envisioned as a shared, immersive design experience," said a spokesperson for Hudson Yards developer Related Companies at the time.
"Requiring visitors to attend in groups of two or more significantly enhances the safety of the experience."
Signs with the National Suicide Prevention Hotline number were also fixed along the walkways and on tickets. However, the height of the railings around the structures, which are chest-high, have not been altered.
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