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Some films from the 20th century, including Grand Central Murder, The Thin Man Goes Home, Hello, Dolly!, and Beneath the Planet of the Apes used reconstructions of Grand Central, built in Hollywood, to stand in for the terminal. [2] [9] The Bollywood film Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna uses other American train stations standing in for Grand Central. [8]
Bad Company (2002) - Its release date December 25, 2001 pushed back several months because the plot involved a criminal mastermind planning to detonate a bomb in the Grand Central Terminal. Gangs of New York (2002) - The movie's release date was intended for Christmas 2001, but due to the September 11 attacks it was delayed until a year later.
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: 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 ...
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.
In 1958, a modified proposal for a 50-story tower, originally known as Grand Central City, was approved. [13] [14] It became known as the Pan Am Building when it was completed in 1963. [15] [16] The structure was built on the site of the former Grand Central Terminal Baggage Building, which was demolished to make way for its construction. [17] [18]
Clock detail. There is a 13-foot-wide (4.0 m) clock on top of the south facade. It was installed in 1914 by the Self Winding Clock Company.The clock face has decorative stained glass framed in bronze, with cast-iron clock hands, the latter weighing 340 lbs. [9] [10] The center of the clock features a circular panel with a sunburst design. [11]
The building incorporates many of Grand Central's train platforms, as well as the Graybar Passage, a hallway with vendors and train gates stretching from the terminal to Lexington Avenue. [20] In 1929, New York Central built its headquarters in a 34-story building, later renamed the Helmsley Building , which straddled Park Avenue north of the ...