In a joint statement, the Vessel’s designer Thomas Heatherwick and Hudson Yards developer, Related Companies, announced that the 150-foot-tall copper-clad staircase will be dismantled for safety reasons.

Instead, a digital rendering of the structure will be sold as a non-fungible token (NFT) in an auction next month. Earnings from the sale will be used to cover the costs of disassembling the structure.

(source: hyperallergic.com)