Grand Central Station Terminal in Lower Midtown . 42nd Street and Park Avenue. Tel 212-340-2583 . ( sightseeing Wed - Fri 24:30
Grand Central Station Terminal in Lower Midtown . 42nd Street and Park Avenue. Tel 212-340-2583 . ( sightseeing Wed - Fri 24:30 Free ) . Symbol of the city of New York, also called the Grand Central to dry building was completed in 1913 and still today is the world 's largest number of station platforms , 44 tracks 67 , 41 in the upper level and 26 at the bottom . It was built in the Beaux Arts -style and stands above the main lobby with its high vaulted ceiling and three large windows of 23 meters. Opened in February 1913 and renovated in 1998 , Grand Central Terminal is one of the architectural jewels of New York. The current station was built on the old Grand Central Station , opened in 1871 and with a name that many still used to refer to the current station. The construction of Grand Central Terminal was motivated by the need to bury the tracks and Jubilee steam trains . From his early sketches , works took 10 years to 50 years , the automobile boom and the creation of new residential areas meant that the train fell into disuse. This, coupled with the large increase in land prices in Manhattan, went to the station pending a thread. Finally , to save the station, they decided to build shopping areas in this and sell the office building they had built in the back. That sale skyscraper Pan Am (now MetLife ) , 59 well over 100,000 people use this station daily arose , this issue remains decimated by the number of tourists coming to shop at their stores , eat in their restaurants or simply take pictures of the building. The most striking part of the season is undoubtedly the hall, Vanderbilt Hall is a waiting room of over 1,100 square meters. The amazing thing about the room, besides its size , is its ceilings and decoration in general.
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