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Grand Central Depot. By 1869, Vanderbilt had commissioned John B. Snook to design his new station, dubbed Grand Central Depot, on the site of the 42nd Street depot. [23] [24] [25] The site was far outside the limits of the developed city at the time, and even Vanderbilt's backers warned against building the terminal in such an undeveloped area. [26]
Grand Central Terminal served intercity trains until 1991, when Amtrak began routing its trains through nearby Penn Station. Grand Central covers 48 acres (19 ha) and has 44 platforms, more than any other railroad station in the world. Its platforms, all below ground, serve 30 tracks on the upper level and 26 on the lower.
Charlotte (/ ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə t / ⓘ SHAR-lət) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County.The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, [10] making Charlotte the 15th-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in the South, and the second-most populous city in the Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida.
Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4555-2595-9. Robins, Anthony W.; New York Transit Museum (2013). Grand Central Terminal: 100 Years of a New York Landmark. ABRAMS. ISBN 978-1-61312-387-4. Schlichting, Kurt C. (2001). Grand Central Terminal: Railroads, Architecture and Engineering in ...
The Charlotte Transportation Center (CTC), also known as Arena or CTC/Arena, is an intermodal transit station in Center City Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It serves as the central hub for the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) buses and connects with the LYNX Blue Line and CityLYNX Gold Line. It is located on East Trade Street ...
The term "Charlotte USA" referred to the 16-county region, which includes 12 counties in North Carolina and 4 counties in South Carolina. The term was championed during a marketing campaign by the Charlotte Regional Partnership, a non-profit organization made up of both private- and public-sector members from throughout the Charlotte region.
The CityLynx Gold Line is a 4-mile modern streetcar route that runs from French Street to Sunnyside Avenue through central Charlotte. When the final phase is completed the line will run from Rosa Parks Place Community Transit Center through Uptown Charlotte and down Central Avenue, terminating at Eastland Community Transit Center. A Federal ...
The Charlotte Marriott City Center was built as a part of the $120 million 101 Independence Center and hotel project developed by Henry Faison. The hotel sits on the land of the former White House Inn, the site of the vacant hotel was purchased in 1982. [151] [152] With 446 rooms it is the 2nd largest hotel in Charlotte by number of rooms. [122 ...