Photos: NY Grand Central Station turns 100 years old
January 31, 2013
A man and woman talk together as people pass through the Main Concourse of New York's Grand Central Terminal -- commonly known as Grand Central Station -- in Midtown Manhattan, in October 1941. (AP Photo/Farm Security Administration, John Vachon)
An exterior view of Grand Central Station terminal in this undated handout photo. It made its debut in the heyday of cross-country train travel, faced demolition in the era of the auto, and got a new lease on life with a facelift in its eighth decade. Now Grand Central Terminal, the doyenne of American train stations, is celebrating its 100th birthday. Opened on Feb. 2, 1913, when trains were a luxurious means of traveling across America, the iconic New York landmark with its Beaux-Arts facade is an architectural gem, and still one of America's greatest transportation hubs. REUTERS/Corbis/Handout
Excavations for the construction of Grand Central Station in New York 1908. It made its debut in the heyday of cross-country train travel, faced demolition in the era of the auto, and got a new lease on life with a facelift in its eighth decade. Now Grand Central Terminal, the doyenne of American train stations, is celebrating its 100th birthday. Opened on Feb. 2, 1913, when trains were a luxurious means of traveling across America, the iconic New York landmark with its Beaux-Arts facade is an architectural gem, and still one of America's greatest transportation hubs. REUTERS/Courtesy of Library of Congress/Handout
Excavation work at the site of Grand Central Station in New York 1908. It made its debut in the heyday of cross-country train travel, faced demolition in the era of the auto, and got a new lease on life with a facelift in its eighth decade. Now Grand Central Terminal, the doyenne of American train stations, is celebrating its 100th birthday. Opened on Feb. 2, 1913, when trains were a luxurious means of traveling across America, the iconic New York landmark with its Beaux-Arts facade is an architectural gem, and still one of America's greatest transportation hubs. REUTERS/Courtesy of the Library of Congress/Handout
A view of the west balcony in Grand Central Station in New York in this photo taken between 1913-1930. It made its debut in the heyday of cross-country train travel, faced demolition in the era of the auto, and got a new lease on life with a facelift in its eighth decade. Now Grand Central Terminal, the doyenne of American train stations, is celebrating its 100th birthday. Opened on Feb. 2, 1913, when trains were a luxurious means of traveling across America, the iconic New York landmark with its Beaux-Arts facade is an architectural gem, and still one of America's greatest transportation hubs. REUTERS/Courtesy of the Library of Congress/Handout
A view of the crowd at New York's Grand Central Station where the Bremen first plane to make a westward flight across the Atlantic was placed May 21, 1929. It made its debut in the heyday of cross-country train travel, faced demolition in the era of the auto, and got a new lease on life with a facelift in its eighth decade. Now Grand Central Terminal, the doyenne of American train stations, is celebrating its 100th birthday. Opened on Feb. 2, 1913, when trains were a luxurious means of traveling across America, the iconic New York landmark with its Beaux-Arts facade is an architectural gem, and still one of America's greatest transportation hubs. REUTERS/Bettmann Archive - UPI/Corbis/Handout
Commuters walk through New York's Grand Central Station in this undated handout photo. It made its debut in the heyday of cross-country train travel, faced demolition in the era of the auto, and got a new lease on life with a facelift in its eighth decade. Now Grand Central Terminal, the doyenne of American train stations, is celebrating its 100th birthday. Opened on Feb. 2, 1913, when trains were a luxurious means of traveling across America, the iconic New York landmark with its Beaux-Arts facade is an architectural gem, and still one of America's greatest transportation hubs. REUTERS/Corbis
Grand Central Station, undated (Library of Congress)
Grand Central Station, ca. 1910-1915 (Library of Congress)
Grand Central Station, New York City: Park Ave. Bridge in foreground.; R.R. Station in background. Ca. 1919 (Library of Congress)
A woman with a suitcase stands at the top level of Grand Central Station in New York City in this undated handout photo. It made its debut in the heyday of cross-country train travel, faced demolition in the era of the auto, and got a new lease on life with a facelift in its eighth decade. Now Grand Central Terminal, the doyenne of American train stations, is celebrating its 100th birthday. Opened on Feb. 2, 1913, when trains were a luxurious means of traveling across America, the iconic New York landmark with its Beaux-Arts facade is an architectural gem, and still one of America's greatest transportation hubs. REUTERS/Bettmann Archive/Corbis
People walk through Grand Central Terminal on the day before the famed Manhattan transit hub turns 100 years old on January 31, 2013 in New York City. The terminal opened in 1913 and is the world's largest terminal covering 49 acres with 33 miles of track. Each day 700,000 people pass through the terminal where Metro-North Railroad operates 700 trains per day. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
People are blurred in a long exposure as they walk through Grand Central Terminal on the day before the famed Manhattan transit hub turns 100 years old on January 31, 2013 in New York City. The terminal opened in 1913 and is the world's largest terminal covering 49 acres with 33 miles of track. Each day 700,000 people pass through the terminal where Metro-Noth Railroad operates 700 trains per day. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
In this Jan. 9, 2013 file photo, the famous opalescent clock keeps time at the center of the main concourse in Grand Central Terminal is shown in New York. The country's most famous train station and one of its finest examples of Beaux Arts architecture in America turns 100 on Feb. 1. The building's centennial comes 15 years after a triumphant renovation that removed decades of grime and decay. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
David Herring, right, assists travelers with their train's track number from his post inside the information booth at the center of the main concourse at Grand Central Terminal in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. The country's most famous train station and one of the finest examples of Beaux Arts architecture in America turns 100 on Feb. 1. The centennial comes 156 years after a triumphant renovation that removed decades of grime and decay. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Antique equipment remains in the Grand Central Terminal sub-basement on the day before the famed Manhattan transit hub turns 100 years old on January 31, 2013 in New York City. The terminal opened in 1913 and is the world's largest terminal covering 49 acres with 33 miles of track. Each day 700,000 people pass through the terminal where Metro-North Railroad operates 700 trains per day. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A stairwell carved through rock leads to the Grand Central Terminal sub-basement, the deepest basement in the city, on the day before the famed Manhattan transit hub turns 100 years old on January 31, 2013 in New York City. The terminal opened in 1913 and is the world's largest terminal covering 49 acres with 33 miles of track. Each day 700,000 people pass through the terminal where Metro-North Railroad operates 700 trains per day. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A worker demonstrates to another how a large antique rotary converter was maintained in the Grand Central Terminal sub-basement on the day before the famed Manhattan transit hub turns 100 years old on January 31, 2013 in New York City. The terminal opened in 1913 and is the world's largest terminal covering 49 acres with 33 miles of track. Each day 700,000 people pass through the terminal where Metro-North Railroad operates 700 trains per day. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
The antique Tiffany clock (Top) sits above Park Avenue at Grand Central Terminal on the day before the famed Manhattan transit hub turns 100 years old on January 31, 2013 in New York City. The terminal opened in 1913 and is the world's largest terminal covering 49 acres with 33 miles of track. Each day 700,000 people pass through the terminal where Metro-North Railroad operates 700 trains per day. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
The antique Tiffany clock still ticks at Grand Central Terminal on the day before the famed Manhattan transit hub turns 100 years old on January 31, 2013 in New York City. The terminal opened in 1913 and is the world's largest terminal covering 49 acres with 33 miles of track. Each day 700,000 people pass through the terminal where Metro-North Railroad operates 700 trains per day. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Dan Brucker, manager of Grand Central Tours, closes a window on the antique Tiffany clock while giving a media tour at Grand Central Terminal on the day before the famed Manhattan transit hub turns 100 years old on January 31, 2013 in New York City. The terminal opened in 1913 and is the world's largest terminal covering 49 acres with 33 miles of track. Each day 700,000 people pass through the terminal where Metro-North Railroad operates 700 trains per day. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
The big hand from the antique Tiffany clock still ticks above Park Avenue at Grand Central Terminal on the day before the famed Manhattan transit hub turns 100 years old on January 31, 2013 in New York City. The terminal opened in 1913 and is the world's largest terminal covering 49 acres with 33 miles of track. Each day 700,000 people pass through the terminal where Metro-North Railroad operates 700 trains per day. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A person walks across a glass catwalk at Grand Central Terminal on the day before the famed Manhattan transit hub turns 100 years old on January 31, 2013 in New York City. The terminal opened in 1913 and is the world's largest terminal covering 49 acres with 33 miles of track. Each day 700,000 people pass through the terminal where Metro-North Railroad operates 700 trains per day. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
People work in Metro-North Railroad's Operations Control Center at Grand Central Terminal on the day before the famed Manhattan transit hub turns 100 years old on January 31, 2013 in New York City. The terminal opened in 1913 and is the world's largest terminal covering 49 acres with 33 miles of track. Each day 700,000 people pass through the terminal where Metro-North Railroad operates 700 trains per day. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
People exit a Metro-North train as they arrive in Grand Central Terminal during a subdued morning rush on November 1, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Commuters attempt to board the 4 train in the Grand Central Terminal subway station after service on the line was restored during the evening rush hour August 8, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Commuters pass through Grand Central Terminal during the evening rush hour May 19, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
People walk into and out of Grand Central Terminal as the sun rises during a subdued morning rush at the train station in Manhattan on November 1, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A clown participates in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's sneak peak of their new national touring show DRAGONS today at Grand Central Terminal for Children of All Ages at Grand Central Station on February 28, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for FELD Entertainment)
Commuters and train passengers walk through the main concourse of of Grand Central Station 12 May 1998 in New York. Some 500,000 people daily use the 85-year-old landmark terminal that is undergoing a 10-year 200 million USD restoration and revitalization project that is expected to be completed in Spring 1999. JON LEVY/AFP/Getty Images
The newly renovated east facade of the 85-year-old Grand Central Station in New York City features a new marble staircase built with designs from the original construction. The $196 million USD renovation project also included cleaning the ceilings and marble work inside the terminal which was rededicated 01 October with dignitaries including John F. Kennedy Jr. and New York Governor George Pataki. MATT CAMPBELL/AFP/Getty Images
The clock above the Grand Central Terminal Information Booth, with faces made of opal, ticks on the day before the famed Manhattan transit hub turns 100 years old on January 31, 2013 in New York City. The terminal opened in 1913 and is the world's largest terminal covering 49 acres with 33 miles of track. Each day 700,000 people pass through the terminal where Metro-North Railroad operates 700 trains per day. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
People walk through Grand Central Terminal on the day before the famed Manhattan transit hub turns 100 years old on January 31, 2013 in New York City. The terminal opened in 1913 and is the world's largest terminal covering 49 acres with 33 miles of track. Each day 700,000 people pass through the terminal where Metro-North Railroad operates 700 trains per day. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Commuters pass through Grand Central Terminal during morning rush hour December 19, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A reveler sleeps in Grand Central Station while waiting for a train home January 1, 2007 in New York City. Partygoers from around the globe descended on the city to help ring in 2007. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Commuters pass through Grand Central Terminal during the evening rush hour May 19, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
People walk through Grand Central Terminal during the morning rush in Manhattan on November 1, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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