Dziwani Zakale Zosangalatsa za Grand Central Terminal
Mzinda wotchedwa Grand Central Terminal, wotanganidwa kwambiri ndi kayendetsedwe ka kayendedwe ka NYC, ndipo malo otchuka a mzindawu amatchedwa Grand Central Station ndi amwenye, ngakhale kuti kwenikweni ndi dzina la sitima yapansi panthaka. Ambiri mwa anthu a Manhattan adutsa kudutsa ku Grand Central pa ulendo wawo wopita ku Connecticut kapena Westchester. Komabe, ambiri ku New York sakudziwa zambiri zokhudza mbiri yakale ya Grand Central kapena zinsinsi zawo zobisika .
Pemphani payekha ndikuwunikiridwa ndi zomwe zapitazo:
Kuyamba kwa Grand Central
Choyamba cha Grand Central Terminal chinamangidwa mu 1871 ndi sitima yapamtunda yotchedwa Cornelius Vanderbilt. Komabe, oyambirira a Grand Central anayamba kuthawa pamene sitima zapamadzi zinkaletsedwa mu 1902, pamene anthu anapha 17 ndipo anavulala 38. Patadutsa miyezi ingapo, panagonetsedwe njira zowononga malo omwe analipo ndi kumanga sitima zatsopano zamagetsi.
Gulu latsopano la Grand Central Terminal linatsegulidwa mwakhama pa February 2, 1913. Anthu opitirira 150,000 adakondwerera tsiku loyamba. Nyumba yokongola ya Beaux Arts ndi masitepe ake aakulu a miyala, ma windows 75, ndi denga losanjikizidwa ndi nyenyezi inali yomweyo kugunda.
Masiku Akulemekezeka a ku Central Central
Nyumba, maofesi a ofesi, ndi nyumba zamatabwa mwamsanga zinayamba kuzungulira nyumbayi, kuphatikizapo zomangamanga 77 za Chrysler Building. Malo otchuka monga Grand Central Terminal anakhala sitima yapamtunda kwambiri m'dzikolo.
Mu 1947, anthu oposa 65 miliyoni - ofanana ndi 40% a US - anadutsa ku Grand Central Terminal.
Nthawi Yovuta ku Grand Central
Pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1950, masiku a ulemerero wa ulendo wamtunda wautali anali atatha. Pambuyo pa nkhondo ya America, ambiri amalendo amayendetsa galimoto kapena kuwulukira kupita kwawo.
Ndi mtengo wapamwamba wa Manhattan real estate kukwera ndi phindu la sitima kugwa, njanjiyo inayamba kulankhula za kugwetsa Grand Central Terminal ndi kuikamo ndi ofesi ya ofesi. Bungwe latsopano la Landmarks Preservation Commission la New York City linalowa mu 1967 kuti lizitchule Grand Central Terminal monga choyimira chitetezo chokhazikitsidwa ndi lamulo, kusokoneza pang'onopang'ono ndondomeko za chitukuko.
Penn Central, msewu wa njanji yomwe inali ndi Grand Central Terminal, sanafune kutenga yankho. Iwo adapanga kukonza nsanja ya masitepe 55 pamwamba pa Grand Central, zomwe zikanakhala kuti zidawononga mbali za Terminal. Komiti yotchedwa Landmarks Preservation Commission inaletsa polojekitiyi, yomwe inatsogolera Penn Central kuti ipereke mlandu wa $ 8 miliyoni motsutsana ndi mzinda wa New York.
Khoti lamilandu linakhala kwa zaka pafupifupi 10. Chifukwa cha anthu okhudzidwa ndi atsogoleri a mzindawo, kuphatikizapo Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, ndondomeko zachitukuko zinalephereka (pambuyo poti milandu inapita ku Khoti Lalikulu).
Chiyambi Chatsopano cha Grand Central
Mu 1994, Metro-North inagwira ntchito ya Grand Central Terminal ndipo inayamba kukonzanso zinthu zambiri. Tsopano kubwezeretsedwa ku 1913 kukongola kwake, Grand Central wakhala malo okondedwa kwambiri a Manhattan komanso malo ochita masewera olimbitsa thupi.
Grand Central imatithandiza kudziwa mbiri yakale komanso kukula kwa mzinda wakale wa New York pakati pa Manhattan yamakono.
Grand Central Terminal tsopano ili ndi malo odyera ambiri komanso malo ogulitsira malonda, Dining Concourse, ndi masitolo 50. Sitima yapamwamba ya sitima ndi malo a zojambulajambula ndi chikhalidwe ndi zochitika zina zapadera chaka chonse, monga chaka cha tchuthi chokongola.
Onani Grand Central Station Kwa Inueni
Mungaphunzire zambiri zokhudza mbiri ndi zomangamanga za Grand Central Terminal poyenda ulendo woyenda mothandizidwa ndi Municipal Arts Society. Ulendowu ukuchoka tsiku lililonse pa 12:30 pm mu Main Concourse ($ 25 / munthu).
Grand Central Partnership imathandizanso ulendo wopita ku Grand Central Terminal komanso kumidzi yoyandikana nayo. Ulendowu umakumananso Lachisanu pa 12:30 masana ku Atri 120 Park Avenue, pafupi ndi Grand Central.