observation deck

noun

: a platform built so that people can see or watch something
You can see into three different states from the mountaintop restaurant's observation deck.

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The highest public floor is the 102nd, where there’s an observation deck. Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 The Mulgrew family was among the tourists on the observation deck. Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 1 July 2026 The observation deck was reopened later in the afternoon on Wednesday. Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 1 July 2026 View Boston provides overhead city views from its 360-degree observation deck. Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for observation deck

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“Observation deck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/observation%20deck. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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