Grand Central Station Terminal in Lower Midtown. 42nd Street and Park Avenue. Phone 212-340-2583. (Free sightseeing Wed-Fri 12:3
Grand Central Station Terminal in Lower Midtown. 42nd Street and Park Avenue. Phone 212-340-2583. (Free sightseeing Wed-Fri 12:30 pm). Symbol of the City of New York, also called Grand Central to dry building was completed in 1913 and still today is the largest station in the world in number of platforms, 44 with 67 tracks, 41 on the upper level and 26 in the bottom. It was built in the Beaux Arts style, and stands above the main lobby with its high vaulted ceiling and three huge windows 23 feet high. For this hall daily spend half a million people and is one of the sets common in films shot in the city. The vaulted ceiling is painted in green decorated with zodiac signs painted upside down by the Frenchman Paul Helleu. The station also has all kinds of shops and restaurants of both label and snacks.
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