<span class="ABriefbody">LOS ANGELES — Thrill seekers looking to take their fear of heights to a new level can come to downtown Los Angeles this summer and careen down a clear glass slide atop the tallest building west of the Mississippi.</span>

<span class="ABriefbody">The "Skyslide" is scheduled to begin sending urban adventurers down the relatively brief ride 1,000 feet above the ground in June. It will span 45 feet from the 70th to the 69th floor of the U.S. Bank Tower downtown.</span>

<span class="ABriefbody">Nothing but 1?-inch glass separates riders from the ground, promising to provide both a thrill and quite the view for anyone willing to open their eyes along the way.</span>

<span class="ABriefbody">On a clear day, the 72-story tower provides panoramic views that extend to Catalina Island 22 miles off the Pacific Coast and over the Santa Monica Mountains to the city’s sprawling San Fernando Valley.</span>

<span class="ABriefbody">"There will be nothing like it in the U.S.," said Lucy Rumantir, head of U.S. operations for the building owner OUE Limited of Singapore.</span>

<span class="ABriefbody">And that is just the reason for building a giant slide in the sky, she added.</span>

<span class="ABriefbody">Skyslide is part of a $50 million renovation that will also put an open-air observation deck and bar on the building’s top floors.</span>

<span class="ABriefbody">Asked if she’ll actually slide down the thing when it opens, Rumantir laughed:</span>

<span class="ABriefbody">"Oh yeah, of course. We’re going to be the ones who actually test the whole thing before it goes public. The risk is on us."</span><div id="prtlt"><p>This undated artist’s rendering provided by Overseas Union Enterprise Limited shows a glass slide 1</p></div>Michael Ludvik