Grand Central Terminal
Subtitle: New York City, 1903-13 ; architects: Whitney Warren and Charles Wetmore
By: Kenneth Powell ; photography: Andrew Bordwin ; drawings: John Hewitt
Contributors: Warren, Whitney, 1864-1943; Wetmore, Charles D., 1867-1941; Warren & Wetmore
Series: Architecture in detail; Architecture in detail (London, England)
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.); Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York; Interior architecture -- New York (State) -- New York; Railroad stations -- New York (State) -- New York; New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Description: Grand Central Terminal stands at the true heart of Manhattan. Built at the beginning of this century it represents the ideals and aspirations of a great American city emerging as a world metropolis in the decade before World War I. Splendid and conspicuous, Grand Central is more than a building; it is not just a civic monument but the central component of an exercise in urban planning which set a new standard for New York and every other great city.

Romantic, extravagant and gargantuan as Grand Central seems to late twentieth-century sensibilities, it still embodies a practical and progressive vision of urban life which has new relevance in the aftermath of the Modern Movement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 60)