Grand Central Station in NYC, celebrating its 100th anniversary, is one of the top 10 visited sites in the world.
From NPR
“And the shopping alone — it's one of the most successful and vibrant shopping areas in the U.S. So, it is a testament to rebirth and to renewal and to reimagination."
It is also a throwback to the birth of electricity and electric trains.
“But in 1902, there was a terrible crash in the Park Avenue tunnel, with 15 fatalities. It was caused, in part, by steam obscuring the signals. New York state decreed that all steam trains be banished from Manhattan by 1908, and so the very new technology of electricity became an essential part of the new plan for Grand Central. Construction began in 1906, while Grand Central Depot was still fully functioning.”
Photo Credit of Design submitted in 1903
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