New York - Grand Central

Grand Central Terminal Geweldig mooi gebouw waar diverse treinlijnen bij elkaar komen. Het gebouw heeft echt een mooie schoonheid die je wellicht zal vergeten als je er dagelijks met de trein langs komt. Daarom maar even vastgelegd. Klein verhaaltje nog maar even: The current Grand Central Terminal was not the first railway station at 42nd street and Park Avenue. As early as in 1863 Cornelius Vanderbilt, known as 'the Commodore' consolidated railroad lines including the Harlem Railroad and New York Central Railroad. By the end of the decade the need for a large railway station became apparent. In 1869, Vanderbilt commissioned architect John B. Snook to build the largest railway station in the world on a large property at 42nd street. The Grand Central Station featured a large glass and steel train shed (650ft long, 100ft high and 200ft wide). But increasing traffic and the smoke from the steam engines obscured vision in the Park Avenue tunnel, causing an accident in 1902. 17 People were killed and a public outcry called for electrification of the railway system. This resulted in a new state law requiring that steam engines would not be allowed in Manhattan, starting in 1910.