Main entry:

Belle, John, author.

Title & Author:

Grand Central : gateway to a million lives / John Belle [and] Maxinne R. Leighton.

Edition:

First edition

Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2000]

Description:

vii, 230 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-221) and index.
Chapter 1. Saving an archetype -- Chapter 2. Life before the terminal -- Chapter 3. How Grand Central became grand -- Chapter 4. Real estate and train travel -- Chapter 5. Home to the nation -- Chapter 6. Grand Central of the imagination -- Chapter 7. The decline of Grand Central -- Chapter 8. The restoration cast assembles -- Chapter 9. Grand Central is reborn -- Chapter 10. Grand Central as a bazaar -- Chapter 11. Into the Twenty-first Century.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

This is the story of Grand Central Terminal in New York City, a remarkable and beautiful building whose birth, survival, and restoration reflect the critical role architecture plays in the expansion of our cities. It begins with the historic struggle to save Grand Central in the wake of the destruction of Penn Station and in the face of economic forces in the real estate industry that were intent on its demise. There follows a chronological history of the previous two stations on the site, including construction of the present building. The text and photographs prvide a fascinating firsthand account of the $400 million restoration, enlivened by the grand and anecdotal stories that involve the great building. -- From amazon.com

ISBN:

0393047652
9780393047653
9780393084566 (hc.)
0393084566 (hc.)

Subject:

Warren, Whitney, 1864-1943
Wetmore, Charles D., 1867-1941
Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.)
Warren & Wetmore Criticism and interpretation.
Warren & Wetmore Critique et interprétation.
Warren & Wetmore.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Railroad stations Conservation and restoration New York (State) New York.
Gares Conservation et restauration New York (État) New York.
Railroad stations Conservation and restoration.
Architektur
Bahnhof
Stationsgebouwen.
Restauratie.
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc. Conservation and restoration.
New York (N.Y.) Constructions Conservation et restauration.
New York (State) New York.
Grand Central Station
New York (N.Y.) Grand Central Station.
New York (N.Y.)

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Leighton, Maxinne Rhea, author.
Leighton, Maxinne Rhea

Holdings:

Location: Library main 209323
Call No.: NA44.W286.25 G7 2000
Status: Available