tourist — Blog — Sejal Soni

The big apple. The city that never sleeps. Metropolis by day, Gotham by night.

I live in New York City. For the first (and maybe only) time in my life, I can call it home. So naturally, I’ve done some neighborhood exploring and some tourist-oriented activities: late night pizza, authentic Japanese ramen, bottomless brunch in Brooklyn.

Ok… most of these revolve around food, but recently I experienced one of the coolest non-food-related activities in the city: the Seaglass Carousel at the Battery.

The building itself looks like a fish tank that looks like a chambered nautilus. It’s filled with 30 enormous fiberglass fish that spin on turntables that each rotate while orbiting the whole room! It’s set to custom-mixed classical music, and the fish glow in different colors while the room is dappled in blue light for an underwater effect.

The overall experience is like being caught in a shallow ocean current from the perspective of a bioluminescent fish. As a scuba diver and ocean-enthusiast this is absolutely thrilling considering it costs $5 plus a metro card swipe.

Don’t believe me? Check it out yourself and find out more at seaglasscarousel.nyc

All photos by S. Soni.