30 rare remaining images One of the Busiest Train Stations in the World: A Look Back at the New York Grand Central Terminal Through the Decades _ US Retro Rendezvous

   

Built in 1871, Grand Central Terminal is a commuter, rapid transit railroad terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. Built by and named for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in the heyday of American long-distance passenger rail travel, it covers 48 acres (19 ha) and has 44 platforms, more than any other railroad station in the world.

Grand Central Terminal is a famous New York landmark in Midtown Manhattan and is one of the busiest train stations in the world, it serves nearly 200,000 NYC commuters every day. Grand Central Station has undergone a number of renovations and restorations over the years. It is home to 44 train platforms, several great restaurants, and some of the most beautiful Beaux-Arts architecture in New York.
Take a look at these amazing photos to see The Grand Central Terminal from the very beginning until the 1980s.

The original Grand Central Depot Railway Station in New York, demolished to make way for the current Grand Central Station, circa 1871

 

Grand Central Station at 42nd Street, New York, 1875

 

Grand Central Terminal, New York City, 1880

 

Grand Central Station, New York City, circa 1896

 

Grand Central Station, circa 1900

 

Grand Central Station and Hotel Manhattan, New York, 1903

 

Excavations for New York Central Station, 1908

 

Excavations for New York Central Station, 1908

 

Grand Central Terminal in 1908

 

Grand Central Terminal, NYC, 1910

 

Construction of Grand Central Terminal, NYC, 1911

 

The Grand Central Palace on May 2, 1911

 

Grand Central Terminal under construction in 1912

 

 New York's Grand Central Station nearing completion sometime around 1913

 

Park Avenue toward 41st Street with a view of Grand Central Terminal, 1913

 

Grand Central Station and Hotel Commodore, 1918

 

Grand Central Station, New York City (Park Avenue Bridge in foreground), 1919

 

Grand Central Station in the 1920s

 

Grand Central Station, NYC, ca. 1920s

 

Grand Central Station, circa 1929

 

Grand Central Terminal around 1930

 

 The information kiosk at Grand Central Station, New York, 1930

 

New York Grand Central Station, 1935

 

The main concourse of Grand Central Terminal, NYC, 1937

 

Grand Central Station in the 1940s

 

Grand Central Station, NYC in the 1940s

 

Grand Central Station, NYC, 1941

 

Passengers moving through Grand Central Terminal in 1941

 

The main-concourse information desk at Grand Central Terminal in New York, October 1941

 

Grand Central Station, New York in 1950

 

Grand Central Terminal in the 1950s

 

Grand Central Station, New York, 1957

 

Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue and 40th Street, 1959

 

Demolition of Grand Central Terminal office building, NYC, December 1960

 

Grand Central Terminal, 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue, circa 1960

 

Grand Central Station, New York City, 5 June 1965

 

Grand Central Terminal and Commodore Hotel, NYC, September 1966

 

Grand Central Terminal in the 1970s

 

Grand Central Terminal, 1975

 

Grand Central Station, NYC, 1976

 

Grand Central Kodak Billboard, 1982

 

Grand Central Terminal, NYC, 1989