Giant Ferris Wheel Envisioned For Boston's Long Wharf

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BOSTON (CBS) – Is a Ferris wheel coming to the Boston skyline? A new proposal calls for a 200-foot high wheel on the Long Wharf by the North End waterfront.

A Canadian development group called Boston Freedom Wheel says they've been talking to neighborhood organizations and representatives about constructing the third-largest Ferris wheel in the United States. They've built a similar one in Montreal.

Visitors cross a foot bridge near La Grande Roue De Montreal ferris wheel in the Old Port of Montreal, Canada, on the St. Lawrence River on July 2, 2018. (Photo by Eva HAMBACH / AFP) (Photo credit should read EVA HAMBACH/AFP/Getty Images)

The proposal is still in its early stages – no formal hearings have been set and no renderings have been released.

A potential challenge is how the wheel would fit into Boston's climate resiliency plans.