Los Angeles has a great many attractions it is known for: the Hollywood sign, the TCL Chinese Theatres, the stars along Hollywood Blvd, just to name a few - and that's not even touching¹ on the many great art and history museums in the city (or, for that matter, nearby Disneyland.) Well, now LA has yet another fun attraction to add to its collection: a glass slide that's 1,000 feet high. 

 

洛杉矶有许多著名景点，举几个例子：好莱坞地标，TCL中国大剧院，好莱坞星光大道——更别说那些伟大的艺术和历史博物馆（说到这一点，还要提到附近的迪斯尼乐园）。然而，现在洛杉矶又有了一个有趣的景点：1000英尺（305米）高的玻璃滑梯。
 

 

Almost a thousand feet above the city, there is a 45-foot long, 1.25 inch thick clear glass slide attached to the side of the US Bank building, which allows riders to slide down from the 70th floor to the 69th. There is also an adjoining² 360-degree observation deck called the Skyspace, which gives visitors more time to enjoy the view or realize their fear of heights. 

 

We hope the slide is as cool as it looks -- it cost as much as a roller coaster to build: $3.5 million! We're not sure what's more terrifying: the price tag or the actual experience. To ride, visitors board a gray mat and pull it up over their feet to form a makeshift sled, then scoot themselves over the precipice³. Commence⁴ screaming! (Concerned about traffic jams? Don't be: Only one person may go at a time.) 

 

And don't worry, the slide is perfectly⁵ safe. Lucy Rumantir, president and chief executive⁶ of the company that owns the building, told The Los Angeles Times that "the slide is strong enough to hang a school bus filled with people off of it." That's pretty darn strong.

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