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Grand Central Terminal

Architects
Reed and Stem Warren and Wetmore
Year
1913
Style
Beaux-Arts
City
Manhattan, NY
Grand Central Terminal
Photo: Fcb981 ; Eric Baetscher (attribution required), CC BY-SA 3.0
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Grand Central Terminal, completed in 1913 at 42nd Street and Park Avenue, is the southern terminus of Metro-North Railroad's Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven lines, designed by the firms Reed and Stem and Warren and Wetmore in the Beaux-Arts style. It now also connects to Grand Central Madison, a 16-acre addition serving the Long Island Rail Road built underneath the tracks between 2007 and 2023, and to the New York City Subway. It is the third-busiest train station in North America, after New York Penn Station and Toronto Union Station.

the building

Main Concourse. The Beaux-Arts Main Concourse incorporates numerous works of art and is one of the terminal's most recognized spaces, drawing visitors well beyond those using its trains and subway connections.

Grand Central Madison. Beneath the Metro-North tracks lies Grand Central Madison, a 16-acre addition built from 2007 to 2023 that extended the terminal to serve the Long Island Rail Road.

the style

The terminal's Beaux-Arts design, carried out by Reed and Stem and Warren and Wetmore, incorporates numerous works of art throughout the station house and has been central to its landmark designations.

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the architect

Grand Central Terminal was designed jointly by the firms Reed and Stem and Warren and Wetmore, both documented as major architectural practices of the period.

significance

Grand Central Terminal holds a New York City Individual Landmark designation (LP-00266) along with status as a National Historic Landmark, a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, and listings on the National Register of Historic Places and New York State Register of Historic Places, designated August 2, 1967. It is one of the world's ten most-visited tourist attractions, drawing 21.6 million visitors in 2018 excluding train and subway passengers.

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