A link to some information on the grand opening of Grand Central.
If these walls could really talk?
This is the era of when Grand Central first opened. I believe this is just outside.
Look how silent it is:) 1912 Library of Congress image:
Fancy lunch here 1912! Library of Congress image:
Grand Central Station 1946:
Grand Central Station Library of Congress images 40s:
I thought the above image was so interesting that this past summer I did a blog post where I planted myself in the image because I really wanted to go on a train ride in the 40s. Can you see me?
Can you believe in 1947, over 65 million people ( 40% of the US population) traveled the rails via Grand Central? Amazing!
Grand Central 1946 Corbis image
I used to commute daily into the city and would go through Grand Central. I don't get too many opportunities to get into the city lately.
I've traveled to Italy, France, Thailand, Germany, Amsterdam etc .. but I've never been to New York. How crazy is that?
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www.pear-shaped-gal.com
It really is a great city to visit. I hope you can see it one day soon:)
DeleteGreat pictures of Grand Station! It's a beautiful building!
ReplyDeleteI have been to Grand Centre station once, and I do hope to revisit in autumn.
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What a great pictures! Those from 1912 are the most beautiful!
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Monika
Have been there only 3 times, I thought it was a bit older!
ReplyDeleteOHMY!!!! Love these pics of the sensational Grand Central Station.
ReplyDeleteGrand Central Station is sooo beautiful. I heard about how Jackie Kennedy championed it's restoration, and decided I had to see it. I went there the first time I visited New York, and every time after that. I would stay at the Roosevelt Hotel so that I was just around the corner from it. Great photos of it, thanks for sharing!
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Donna
www.prettysparklythings.blogspot.com
I haven't been inside the Roosevelt Hotel but I've passed by it many times. I need to check this place out:) Thanks for following:))
DeleteOh also, very interesting about Jackie Kennedy being involved in the restoration. I'm glad she was or it probably would not have been a priority:)
DeleteWhat a wonderful ode to one of (if not "the") most famous stations in the world. I've never been to New York myself, but should the chance ever arise, I very much hope to visit Grand Central as well, stepping for a few moments in time where millions upon millions before me already have.
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I hope you can come to NYC one day. We can meet up for tea and a long chat:)
DeleteI do hope to go to GCS sometime in the near future. My significant other is a born New Yorker and has told me on more than one occasion that we should visit or rather his true pleasure, move home.
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