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Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central Terminal is a commuter rail terminal on East 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, opened in 1913, with a vaulted main concourse and a painted celestial ceiling.

Photograph of Grand Central Terminal in New York
Grand Central terminal in New York, NY. Fcb981 ; Eric Baetscher (attribution required) · CC-BY-SA-3.0

Why it matters

The terminal's air rights paid for it: the tracks were sunk and decked over, and the blocks of Park Avenue above them are built on the platform structure.

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Good for

  • Architecture & design — A working transport building whose main concourse can be walked through freely at any hour.
  • Rainy day — Fully enclosed, with a food hall and market below the main concourse.

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