Grand Central Terminal Turns 100 Today.

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Grand Central Terminal is fabulous, no argument there. I do have to take issue with the person who wrote that train stations are "desperate places," however. Quite the contrary. Even San Diego's own Santa Fe station, while lacking the immensity and grandeur of GCT, is quite beautiful and welcoming to the traveler.

Beautiful station Carl. Very airy and light.

I have to agree with you. I rode on New Jersey Transit and on the LIRR within the last year and like Metro-North, most stations were modern and clean with LED schedules that were kept up to date. Most of the stations on the Metro North System are airy, clean and rarely do you see the kind of squalor that is commonplace on the subways of NYC. The one that serves my area overlooks the Hudson River and the mountains across the way to the west. Some pics follow.

Metro-North recently completed significant renovations to the interior and exterior of the building, which was built in 1911 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed by Warren and Wetmore, the architects of Grand Central Terminal.

But it is also 2 years older than GCT.