New York ’s Grand Central Terminal is one of the nation ’s largest and busiest public transit structures , and now it has anew websitethat honor its outsize legacy . Based on the Grand by Design expo that was on display at the post last year , the web site includes historic documents , video , stories , and rare , antecedently unobserved photos of the edifice throughout the geezerhood .
From its first incarnation as the quaint Grand Central Depot , to pioneer the conversion from steam power to electrical energy , to its importance as a public space and public presentation locus , the station has been an ever - adjusting centerpiece to New York City life story .
The New York Central finish the first phase angle of electrification in 1906 . Here , the line ’s first electric train stands outside the Grand Central railroad train shed after its first mental test run for from High Bridge on the Harlem River in Northern Manhattan .
The play build with a narrative about how Grand Central wasalmost demolisheduntil its air rights were betray to MetLife , in a controversial move that allowed a monolithic skyscraper to be built just behind the station ( that many say ruined its honest face ) .
Captivating in an exclusively different way is thesection on the post ’s futurity , let in what ’s essentially an entire new post currently being built below Grand Central . The East Side Access labor is a seven - mile tunnel that ’s being bored below Manhattan at this very moment to bring Long Island Railroad educate to the station . There are some lovelyconstruction photosto peruse on the site as well .
Also fun ? TheAsk Me sectionwith interviews feature current employees . [ Grand By Design ]
All images courtesy New York Transit Museum . Top image : The final pattern sketch ( with Whitney Warren ’s handwritten musical note ) contains elements from both collaborating architects , including Reed & Stem ’s elevated route and Warren & Wetmore ’s Beaux - Arts style façade and rejoicing arch .
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