Grand Central centennial

Southwest view of main concourse in Grand Central Terminal with light shining through windows in 1927 or 1928.

Grand Central opened in 1913, with over 67 subterranean tracks and thousands of people departing and arriving daily. While it is commonly known as a train station, it

The southern side of the terminal, along 42nd Street in Manhattan, is seen in this undated photo.

Grand Central Station sometime around 1915.

Artist's rendering of Grand Central Station published in the New York Tribune, June 26, 1910.

Inside the Main Concourse at Grand Central Terminal, date unknown.

An officer with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority stands guard at Grand Central Station early Oct. 8, 2005, in New York.

Inside Grand Central's Main Concourse.

Grand Central terminal is packed with rush hour commuters, Dec. 21, 2005, in New York.

Inside the Main Concourse at Grand Central Terminal.

Travelers at Grand Central station arrive and depart during the Thanksgiving holiday in New York, Nov. 23, 2005.

The facade at Grand Central Terminal.

Exterior view of Grand Central Terminal's south facade.

Grand Central's main concourse.

Grand Central's southern facade, seen in this undated photo.

The exterior view of New York's Grand Central Terminal.

The terminal's southern facade is seen from Park Avenue South, from around 41st Street.

The terminal's southern facade is seen in this undated photo.

The Information booth at Grand Central Terminal, date unknown.

The clock at the information booth inside Grand Central Terminal.

The Main Concourse at Grand Central Terminal.

The exterior facade at Grand Central Terminal.

The Zodiac ceiling at Grand Central Terminal.

The ticket booths at Grand Central Terminal, during morning rush.

Ticket windows inside Grand Central Terminal ca. 1930s-1940s.

The Main Concourse of Grand Central Terminal, during morning rush.

Passengers move through the sun-splashed Main Concourse in this undated photo.

Photograph of Grand Central Terminal Head House unders construction in 1912. Building is surrounded by scaffolding, some of the facade is still being added, and the lower levels are open to view, May 10, 1912.

The exterior of Grand Central Terminal.

The Main Concourse seen in this undated photo.

The exterior of Grand Central, date unknown.

A chandelier inside Grand Central Terminal.

A suburban ramp inside Grand Central Terminal, date unknown.

Service windows of the Lost Property Room inside Grand Central Terminal, date unknown.

Grand Central Terminal ticket windows, ca. 1940s.

Grand Central Terminal interior view, man studies a poster offering New York Central Railroad system jobs to college graduates at the Information Booth in the Main Concourse, ca. 1960-1970.

Grand Central Terminal's Clockmaster Jake Bechtold calibrates the clock above the board to his pocketwatch.

Grand Central Terminal interior view, close-up of East or West window in Main Concourse.

The Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Terminal.

Grand Central Terminal interior view, Hyatt Passageway, ca. 1937-1940s. View of tailor's storefront.

Grand Central Station as seen from the exterior, date unknown.

The Park Avenue Tunnel.

Exterior view of Grand Central Terminal's south facade.

Grand Central Terminal interior view, Hyatt Passageway, ca. 1937-1940s.

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Grand Central Depot, date unknown.

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Interior view of Grand Central Depot train shed, date unknown.

The Whispering Gallery at Grand Central Terminal. People standing in one of the corners can hear others speaking into the opposite corners.

Exterior view of Grand Central Depot, 1871.

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Exterior view of Grand Central Station, ca. 1904

Looking south past Grand Central Terminal to the New York Central Building and the Pan Am Building.

Park Avenue looking north to Grand Central Terminal, from around 39th Street.

Exterior view of Grand Central Terminal's south facade and roadways surrounding, taken from a nearby building, ca. 1944.

Exterior view of Grand Central Terminal's south facade, taken from Park Avenue South and East 40th Street.

People, possible homeless, sleep in the terminal's waiting room in this undated photo.

View of Grand Central Terminal's East Balcony and windows, including the Kodak Colorama display, information kiosk, and rays of sunlight falling on a small platform with a car display, circa 1950s.

Interior aerial view of Grand Central Terminal Express Concourse March 20, 1984.

Grand Central Terminal baggage claim area. In the left of the shot, two men handle a roped trunk. A man with his back to the camera sits at a desk, filled with dustly ledgers, confers with a red cap. A heavily stickers suitcase visible in the foreground.

Interior view of Grand Central Terminal, ca. 1980s.

Main concourse seen in this undated photo.

Interior view of Grand Central Terminal - Track Gates 29, 28, 27.

Grand Central Theatre entrance, ca. 1940s. Posters advertise News Reels, and "Up to the Minute World News".

Interior view of Grand Central Terminal Suburban Level train gates, ca. 1939-1949.

Interior view of Grand Central Terminal--Track Gate 28, passengers boarding for the Twentieth Century Limited to Chicago.

Interior view of Grand Central Terminal Main Concourse, looking past the information booth to the West Balcony, Dec. 16, 1914.

A car approaches automobile entrance to the terminal. Out of focus passersby appear in blurry streaks, ca. 1940s.

Exterior view of Grand Central Terminal automobile approach, showing center of South Facade, close on clock and statues of Mercury, Minerva, and Hercules, and the pedestal statue of "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1963.

Line of cabs outside 25 Vanderbilt Avenue doors, Grand Central entrance, ca. 1940s.