A long-closed space at the top of one of New York City’s most prominent civic buildings has been opened to the public for the first time in more than a century as an observation deck offering sweeping views of the Big Apple.
The new observatory, known as Centre360, sits within the restored cupola of the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building at 1 Centre Street, near City Hall Park and the Manhattan entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge.
Completed in 1914, the landmark structure is among the largest municipal office buildings in the world, housing more than 2,000 workers across nearly 1 million square feet of space. Following a $6 million restoration, the once-inaccessible cupola is now open to the public—delivering what officials describe as a rare perspective on the city…