This year, one of the famous tourist sites in New York City, Grand Central Terminal celebrates its 100 birthday. This old station is one of the favorite tourist in New York.
Grand Central Terminal (GCT), is a terminal station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, USA. The station was built by and named after the New York Central Railroad in the heyday of long-distance passenger trains in the United States.
Grand Central Terminal is the largest railway station in the world by number of train platform, ie 44 platform with 67 tracks. Rail is divided into two levels, both below ground level with 41 tracks on the upper level and 26 on the lower level, but the number of tracks on the platform and in the train shed more than 100 pieces.
This terminal serves commuters traveling by Metro-North Railroad to Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess County in New York, and Fairfield and New Haven Counties in Connecticut.
According to Travel + Leisure magazine survey in 2011, this station is a tourist most visited place by tourists in the world, with over 21 million tourists visit it every year.
Grand Central is more than just a train station. This station is a complex that contains a museum, tunnels, boutiques, bars and restaurants. You could say the station is almost like a city. Hard to believe that in the 17th century the station was nearly demolished.
The main places of concern to tourists at this station is the main pavilion, with ceilings as high as 125 feet are adorned murals painted constellation astrology.
Grand Central Terminal has been used in several film and TV for years. "Grand Central is one of a very interesting place in New York. When the filmmakers wanted to record the arrival scene in New York or transportation scenes, the building is suitable and authentic, "said Kyle McCarthy, who handled the film at this station, as quoted from the Telegraph, Saturday (02/02/2013).
Some films and television series ever to take pictures of this station include Gossip Girl, Men In Black, Superman, Step Up, Madagascar, and many more
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