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GrandCentralTerminalisoneofthemostfamousbuildingsinNewYork.ButmostpeoplecallitGrandCentralStation.Theword"station"meansastoppingplacealongatransportationline.A"terminal"describeseitherendoftheline.GrandCentralTerminalisahugetrainstationwheretrainlinesbeginandend.
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AmericanrailroaddeveloperCorneliusVanderbiltwasresponsibleforbuildingthefirstGrandCentralTerminalinEighteen-Seventy-One.Thirtyyearslater,steamtrainswerebeingreplacedbyelectricones.Soofficialsdecidedtodestroytheexistingstationandcreateanewelectrictrainterminal.
Theirplancalledforhidingtherailtracksunderfourcityblocksandpermittingdeveloperstoplacebuildingsoverthetrackarea.Theterminaltooktenyearstobuild,anditchangedthecityofNewYork.
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ThenewGrandCentralTerminalopenedinNineteen-Thirteen.ItwasahugeandbeautifulbuildingwithstatuesofGreekandRomangodsandalargemetalclock.Itspresenceledtothebuildingoflargehotels,officeandapartmentbuildingsnearby.
GrandCentralalsochangedduringtheyears.Atdifferenttimes,thehugebuildingincludedanartgallery,anartschool,amovietheater,andarailhistorymuseum.Atonepoint,itwasthebusiesttrainstationinthecountry,servingnearbyareasandthosefaraway.IntheNineteen-Fifties,othertransportationmethodsbecamemorepopularthantrains.Therailroadswerelosingmoney.Theybegandestroyingoldstations.
InNineteen-Sixty-Seven,NewYorkCityestablishedanorganizationtosavesuchhistoricbuildings.RailroadofficialstestedthelawincourtinanefforttodestroyGrandCentral.Butcityleaderswereabletosaveit.InNineteen-Seventy-Six,thefederalgovernmentprotectedGrandCentralTerminalbynamingitaNationalHistoricLandmark.
GrandCentralTerminalhasbeenrestoredandimproved.Today,itincludesmanystores,eatingplacesandfoodmarkets.Five-hundred-thousandpeoplevisitthefamousbuildingeveryday.Anditcontinuestobeoneofthebusiesttrainstationsintheworld.Morethanone-hundred-fifty-thousandpeopleuseiteverydaytotraveltotownsinNewYorkStateandConnecticut.