Grand Central Terminal
Cool detail inside Grand Central terminal
Grand Central is a big hub for commuters in and out of NYC, 750,000 people pass through Grand Central daily and over 1,000,000 people during the holidays.
Even though I pass through here every working day the sheer scale of those numbers still amazes me, that means in an average week well more than the whole Population of New Zealand pass through Grand Central.
But I do wonder how many pass through the terminal in such a rush to or from work that they don't notice some of the cool detail isn't he station, Such as
The variety of cool chandeliers in the terminal
They are both beautiful looking, ornate and heavy, for example each of the chandeliers overhead in Vanderbilt Hall weigh 2,500 lbs. and glow with 132 bulbs surrounded by carved oak leaves.
This is another one in one of the other halls not quite so ornate but in my opinion equally beautiful.
And to contrast with the Beautiful side how about...
These are above the Entrance on Lexington near 43rd Street. The sculpted rats are depicted as if they are climbing the anchor ropes on a ship, a quirky reference to New York’s maritime roots.
I noticed these while walking around the terminal taking photos a few years back, but what really is interesting is from when I have posted shots of them on other sites, or showed to friends how few people know they are there.
I hope the rats didn't freak anyone out there cool Little Sculptures and not real, but if you look down at the tracks while waiting for a train you will occasionally see rats as well and not the sculptured type.
These photos taken by me using a Sony A6500 mirrorless camera
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its so beautiful...
Thanks :)
That first picture is brilliant! The detail inside Grand Central is immense. Good to know how heavy those things are, I'll be sure not to walk under them on my next trip to the city....
Thanks and yeah I have thought the same about them after reading up on them and the weight of them
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@tipU - send tips by writing tip! in the comment, get share of the profit :)Amazing chanderliers! I knew that the Central Station in NYC is an awesome place, although I never been there, but I would never have expected these pieces of excellence there!
I was suprised the first time I saw them as well and there is a bunch of them
Excellent capture on the details. I would imagine it is real lit up in there.
nice
Yes it is there are many of these chandeliers around the various halls
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I would believe that many people go through it each day but i would have never guessed that it's more than a population of the whole city i am living in! And they manage to keep it so luxurious.
I was surprised by the number when I saw it as well, it is pretty close to the population of Manhattan which I think is about 1.5 Million if I remember rightly the last time I looked
They sure do keep it clean and indeed Luxurioius
It's crazy indeed, and even hard to imagine all that movement. Works like a clockwork then :)
Yea they have all the trains organized so well and I avoid the worst of peak permits busy enough in off peak times
That is why when something happens out of ordinary on a bigger scale, there would be such a chaos.
Like i was exiting London Underground and a heavy rain, like real shower started on a otherwise pretty clear day, nobody was carrying an umbrella, and the exit got stuck in mere seconds with thousands of people piling near the entrance as nobody wanted to get wet :) Imagine what would happen in central station should a situation similar to this occur! :)
When we had the big power outage here a few years back it was like that in the station was so crowded it was crazy
I was lucky back then I could walk home to Queens
Yeap, we feel so invincible, yet how fragile our whole system is..
Ohh yes indeed it is that power cut for example whole East coast without power for hours
All started from a 60cent part failing
Crazy when you think about it but really shows how susceptible we are
It is a beautiful station...one of my favorites in the world...
Ohh yes it is such an impressive Terminal I am so lucky to commute through it