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Grand Central Terminal
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DESIGNER |
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LOCATION |
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North America |
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 New York City |
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New York |
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 New York - Manhattan |
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Park Avenue, Vanderbilt Avenue (40th, 42th)
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Transport buildings and structures
Railway stations
Operations on existing buildings
Extension, superelevation
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1903
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1913 |
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| 1976 |
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| National Historic Landmark |
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THE BUILDING IN CINEMA |
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| Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti |
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| Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath |
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| The House on Carrol Street |
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| Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin, Jessica Tandy, Jonathan Hogan, Remak Ramsay, Kenneth Welsh |
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| Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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| Meridiani 116, marzo 2003 [New York], "Da vedere" p. 178 (176-179) |
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| Kurt C. Schlichting, Grand Central Terminal. Railroads, Architecture and Engineering in New York, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 |
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| Casabella 661, novembre/november 1998 [Del recupero], pp. 36-47 |
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| Judith Dupré, Skyscrapers, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York 1996, p. 57 |
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| sq.m. 194.249 (sq.ft. 2,090,880) |
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ANNOTATIONS |
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Original construction (1867-1871) by John B. Snook.
Restoration plan (1995): Beyer, Blinder & Belle
Project architect of restoration plan (1995): James Rhodes |
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