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Grand Central Terminal: Gateway to New York City | 
 enlarge | Author: Ed Stanley
Publisher: Mondo Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
Buy New: $10.48
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 547761
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 48
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.6 x 0.5
ISBN: 159034491X
Dewey Decimal Number: 385.314097471
EAN: 9781590344910
ASIN: 159034491X
Publication Date: August 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Condition: Absolutely new - Never opened - No remainder marks - Ships from non-smoking warehouse in Orange County, CA
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Product Description
Provides a history of Grand Central Terminal from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, including its construction and architecture, the role played by Cornelius Vanderbilt, and facts about railroads in general.
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A Beautiful Book April 26, 2004
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a beautiful book. It is beautiful to look at, it is beautiful to read. The words have a symbiotic relationship with the illustrations, and the illustrations with the words. Together they tell a story that in lesser hands would be just another one of those "we built a bigger better longer something" book, but in the capable hands of the writer and designer they tell the story of Grand Central Terminal - which is basically a story of engineering and city planning - as if they were witnessing the miracle of birth, which, of course, they were. We gave the book to a ten-year old girl who lives next door. She shyly took it, opened it, looked at it, thanked us, and disappeared with it.
great building; great book September 14, 2003
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
As this interesting new book tells us, there is a lot more to Grand Central Terminal than the present building. The story behind the Terminal is fascinating, and it's told here in a compelling, accessible fashion that both competent young readers and adults can enjoy. Author has a warm, chatty style that works well for the story, which gets complex at times. Book is gorgeous to look at as well--stunning photos, although too bad some are so small. Nice maps, time line, glossary, etc. Overall, extremely informative and highly recommended.
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