Grand Central Station New York : Information

Grand Central Station Vanderbilt Avenue (+ Lexington Avenue / 43rd Street / Park Avenue), New York 1903-13 Reed and Stem; Warren and Wetmore Grand Central Station Photo © Tim Collins Also called Grand Central Terminal, built for the New York and Harlem Railroad company. Famous building backdrop from numerous American films, the station is designed in the Beaux-Arts architecture style popular in the early 20th century. An architecture competition took place in 1903 for the new Grand Central Station. The other New York railway station - Penn Station - was constructed in a similar Beaux-Arts style but sadly demolished in 1966. It was designed by Charles McKim of McKim, Mead & White, Architects. Grand Central New York has 67 separate tracks on two levels. Refurbished in 1994 by LaSalle Partners & Williams Jackson Ewing. Key New York buildings close to Grand Central Terminal Empire State Building Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, Architects photo © Andrew McRae Empire State Building Rockefeller Center Raymond Hood, Architect photograph © Andrew McRae Rockefeller Center New York