NEW YORK (AP) — The Big Apple is getting another “biggest”: the world’s tallest Ferris wheel, part of a plan to draw New Yorkers and tourists alike to the city’s so-called “forgotten borough.”
The New York Wheel is to grace a spot in Staten Island overlooking the Statue of Liberty and the downtown Manhattan skyline, sweeping higher than other big wheels like the Singapore Flyer, the London Eye and a “High Roller” planned for Las Vegas.
Officials hope to have the wheel turning by the end of 2015.