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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]
Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. [1] [2] After working with his father's business, Vanderbilt worked his way into leadership positions in the inland water trade and invested in the rapidly growing railroad industry, effectively transforming the geography of the ...
1929 (): Ernst Plassmann's statue of Cornelius Vanderbilt is moved to Grand Central Terminal. [15] 1944 (): The Main Concourse ceiling is irreparably damaged and covered over with boards, replicating the original celestial design. [16] 1966 (): The Vanderbilt Tennis Club opens in a space directly above Vanderbilt Hall. [17]
WalletPop's Lan Nguyen chats with T.J. Stiles, author of The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Knopf), on how the Commodore became one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in ...
The New York and Harlem Railroad (now the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line) was one of the first railroads in the United States, and was the world's first street railway. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Designed by John Stephenson , it was opened in stages between 1832 and 1852 between Lower Manhattan Island to and beyond Harlem .
His grandson, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, succeeded him as the president and chairman of the New York Central Railroad in 1885. As heir to the family fortune, he built a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt obtained control of the Hudson River Railroad in 1864, soon after he bought the parallel New York and Harlem Railroad. Along the line of the Hudson River Railroad, the West Side Line was built in 1934 in the borough of Manhattan as an elevated bypass of then-abandoned street running trackage on Tenth and Eleventh Avenues.
Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt (1869–1874), who died of a childhood illness at the age of five. William Henry Vanderbilt II (1870–1892), who died of typhoid fever while attending Yale University. Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (1873–1942), whom his father disinherited for marrying Grace Graham Wilson (1870–1953) without his approval. [6]