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The Floating Restaurant suspends a glass cube eatery over the Hudson River lead<a href="http://www.bigfootdevelopers.com/">Bigfoot Developers</a> is giving NYC's rooftop restaurants a run for their money with their elegant eatery housed in a glass cube suspended between two smokestacks over the Hudson River. Called the <a href="http://www.bigfootdevelopers.com/projects-in-development/">Floating Restaurant</a>, the <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/794294/floating-restaurant-in-new-york-takes-the-dining-experience-to-new-heights?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter">unique dining concept</a> is an independent proposal for the rehabilitation of the Glenwood Power Plant in Yonkers, New York, and aims to attract visitors to the historic site with its unusual design and jawdropping views.1
The Floating Restaurant suspends a glass cube eatery over the Hudson River Green WallsThe Floating Restaurant would hang a little piece of heaven from Glenwood's two smokestacks, which are lovingly referred to by locals as "<a href="http://www.scoutingny.com/scouting-the-gates-of-hell-a-visit-to-the-abandoned-glenwood-power-plant/">The Gates of Hell</a>".2
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The Floating Restaurant suspends a glass cube eatery over the Hudson RiverThe facility, which was erected in 1906 by the New York Central Railroad to provide power for its train tracks, fell abandoned after operations ceased in 1963.4
The Floating Restaurant suspends a glass cube eatery over the Hudson River aerialAn aerial view of the restaurant space.5
The Floating Restaurant suspends a glass cube eatery over the Hudson River three levelsAlthough the Floating Restaurant is dazzling and exciting in theory, we couldn't quite decipher from the plans how patrons would make their way up to the restaurant as there doesn't seem to be any type of bridge or staircase from the Plant.6
The Floating Restaurant suspends a glass cube eatery over the Hudson River elevationAnd elevation view of the Floating Restaurant.7
The Floating Restaurant suspends a glass cube eatery over the Hudson River Glenwood Power PlantChristelle Calderon De Stefano, associate architect at Bigfoot, explained: "People would get up to the restaurant through one of the smoke stacks and a glass bridge. There will be an elevator as well as emergency stairs introduced inside one of the smokestacks, which will give access to an enclosed glass bridge which leads you to the entry of the restaurant."8
The Floating Restaurant suspends a glass cube eatery over the Hudson River viewsBigfoot's concept proposes capping the new center off with a fantastical dining destination within a transparent box over the Hudson.9
The Floating Restaurant suspends a glass cube eatery over the Hudson River between buildings<a href="http://www.bigfootdevelopers.com/">Bigfoot Developers</a> is giving NYC's rooftop restaurants a run for their money with their elegant eatery housed in a glass cube suspended between two smokestacks over the Hudson River. Called the <a href="http://www.bigfootdevelopers.com/projects-in-development/">Floating Restaurant</a>, the <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/794294/floating-restaurant-in-new-york-takes-the-dining-experience-to-new-heights?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter">unique dining concept</a> is a proposal for the rehabilitation of the Glenwood Power Plant in Yonkers, New York, and aims to attract visitors to the historic site with its unusual design and jawdropping views.10
