Grand Central Terminal : Railroads, Engineering, and Architecture in New York City

Grand Central Terminal : Railroads, Engineering, and Architecture in New York City
Author: Kurt C. Schlichting
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr; ISBN: 0801865107
Description: Hardcover - 208 pages (April 2001)
ISBN: 0801865107

In Grand Central Terminal, Kurt C. Schlichting traces the history of this spectacular building, detailing the colorful personalities, bitter conflicts, and Herculean feats of engineering that lie behind its construction. Schlichting begins with Cornelius Vanderbilt?The Commodore?whose railroad empire demanded an appropriately palatial passenger terminal in the heart of New York City. Completed in 1871, the first Grand Central was the largest rail facility in the world and yet?cramped and overburdened?soon proved thoroughly inadequate for the needs of this rapidly expanding city. William Wilgus, chief engineer of the New York Central Railroad, conceived of a new Grand Central Terminal, one that would fully meet the needs of the New York Central line. Grand Central became a monument to the creativity and daring of a remarkable age.

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