Deck puts guests over the edge

Sky high ... the new 304 metre high viewing platform offers spectacular views of Chicago. Picture: AP Source: AP

THIS attraction isn't for the faint-hearted.

Brave tourists are flocking to a new vertigo-inducing observation deck which stands more than 300 metres above Chicago, offering a bird's eye view of the Windy City.

TILT, housed in 360 CHICAGO on the 94th floor of the John Hancock Tower, is an enclosed glass platform which tilts visitors forward for a downward panorama of The Magnificent Mile.

The ride-like viewing booth holds up to eight people at a 30-degree angle to the ground.

Riders brace themselves with steel handles on either side of the glass panel and, at full tilt, riders can lie flat against the glass.

"We had a vision for elevating the experience, and providing memories for guests that will last a lifetime," Patrick Abisseror, CEO of Montparnasse 56 Group, which owns 360 CHICAGO, said.

"TILT is yet another example of the innovative and forward-thinking vision of Montparnasse 56 Group."

Dunia Diggi