The famous observation decks of 20th-century buildings—the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, the World Trade Center—were low-tech but thrilling open-air platforms ringed by coin-operated ...

San Francisco is many things. Here’s what it is not: a city with many perches where, for the cost of an elevator ride or an overpriced Chardonnay, mere mortals can look down on downtown. I count only ...

The news helicopter hovering over the Chicago Loop was right at eye level. That’s what my family of four noticed right away as we stepped out onto the 1,353-foot-high glass balcony jutting out from ...