内容简介
OpenedinFebruary1913,GrandCentralTerminaloneofthecountry’sgreatarchitecturalmonumentshelpedcreateMidtownManhattan.Overthenextcentury,itevolvedintoanunofficialtownsquareforNewYork.Today,itsitsastrideParkAvenueat42ndStreetinallitsoriginalsplendor,attractingvisitorsbythethousands.ThisnewbookcelebratesGrandCentral’sCentennialbytracingtheTerminal’shistoryanddesign,andshowcasing200photographsofitswondersfromthewell-troddenMainConcoursetoitsmassivepowerstationhidden10storiesbelow.Thestunningphotographs,somearchivalandsometakenbyFrankEnglish,officialphotographerofMetro-NorthRailroadformorethan25years,captureeverycornerofthisastonishingcomplex.
PraiseforGrandCentralTerminal:
Thebookisthoroughlyresearchedandreadslikealibraryofdesign,lifestyles,artandtriviathatevenNewYorkersdon’tknow.”NYArtsMagazine
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作者简介
AnthonyW.Robins,formerlysurveydirectorforNewYork’sLandmarksCommission,haswrittenandlecturedaboutthecity’sarchitectureandhistoryfor30years.TheauthorofClassicsofAmericanArchitecture:TheWorldTradeCenterandSubwayStyle,hehaswrittenfortheNewYorkTimes,NewYorkMagazine,andArchitecturalRecord.TheNewYorkTransitMuseum,locatedinBrooklyn,collectshistoricalartifactsthatillustratemasstransit’scriticalroleintheregion’seconomicandresidentialdevelopmentsincethe19thcentury.,,,