A visitor observatory was considered for one of the early plans for the top of the Central Park Tower in 2014-2015, but it was decided against. Furthermore, the Q1 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and the Eureka Tower in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia have public observation decks on their top floors despite being residential skyscrapers otherwise. Since New York City has privately owned public spaces that are included as part of a building permit for a number of skyscraper lobbies, I wish that the city would have required one on the top floors of the Central Park Tower as a condition for a building permit. Furthermore, the city should have banned an admission fee of over $10 so that working and middle class New Yorkers would have had a sky high vantage point open to the public without being a huge strain on their budget. Very much a missed opportunity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/n...-revenues.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Tower
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyPoint_Observation_Deck
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/pops/pops.page