Grand Central Terminal Research Paper

Grand Central terminal was originally created to be a train station and still serves that purpose today. Owned by the Vanderbilt’s, Grand Central Terminal earned its name as a terminal because all railways end there, it's always been referred to as Grand Central station. Grand Central Terminal is not only iconic structure in the middle of New York City, but is still a working train stain to help people on their daily commute to places inside the immediate tri-state area and the east coast. Grand Central has been open and running for a little over a hundred years, the complete building was designed by an architect named Whitney Warren, who wanted to bring his personal Parisian feeling to the city with his Beaux-Arts style. While all the inner workings of the terminal are hidden behind walls of limestone, doors, and shops. Grand Central is the train station located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The station assists traveler’s itinerant the Metro-North Railroad to several counties in New York …show more content…
There are 2,500 stars painted on the ceiling and in the late 1930’s the original ceiling was put under construction to repair the falling plaster from the original 1912 painting. Grand Central has two famous clocks: the Tiffany clock that is on the 42nd Street entrance and the clock in the middle of the lobby. It is also famous because it has 44 platforms and 67 tracks. Although it has 67 tracks not many have heard of or seen Grand Central’s Track 61. Because of the excessive amount of people passing through this terminal, even at the opening in 1913, it has had to and will continue to be a colossal and open train station. The ceilings raise to 125 feet, it is 75 ft. long, 120 feet wide, making it vast and