An interesting and brief article:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20010203-52.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20010203-52.html
Grand Central Station, NY, Discussion
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Interesting article, but there's a major error - the so called 'top-secret station' is nothing of the sort, but has entered into urban legend as a kind of 'presidential platform': http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/gct61.html
Still, very interesting nonetheless - one of these days I'd love to take a trip to the US, and NYC (and Grand Central) would be right at the top of my list of 'must sees'.
Still, very interesting nonetheless - one of these days I'd love to take a trip to the US, and NYC (and Grand Central) would be right at the top of my list of 'must sees'.
Like Enkidoh, I watched the video and then investigated further. Like him I came to the conclusion that it seems the area was a supply area for the original power station and was later used as a discreet VIP arrival area, although the evidence is very thin on the ground and unsubstantiated. Having watched both the link from Euphod and a link to a BBC account of a visit by one of their reporters with the same guide, I agree with him that the Roosevelt story may be an urban myth or even, dare I suggest, a publicity stunt.
Incidentally I pursued the links because I really wanted to find pictures of the train halls as I have book from my childhood (The Worlds Railways and how they work - Odhams Press 1947) which has a cutaway illustration of Grand Central Terminal and it gives the impression that the lower suburban hall has a much heigher ceiling than the mainline hall. Does anybody have any links to pictures of the train halls as so far I have drawn a blank?
Incidentally I pursued the links because I really wanted to find pictures of the train halls as I have book from my childhood (The Worlds Railways and how they work - Odhams Press 1947) which has a cutaway illustration of Grand Central Terminal and it gives the impression that the lower suburban hall has a much heigher ceiling than the mainline hall. Does anybody have any links to pictures of the train halls as so far I have drawn a blank?
cascaderailroad
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Also in Phila Pa there is a pristine station platform that is sealed off in the base of the Ben Franklin Bridge, never used.
There are and were several in Philly, actually, including a trolley station under the art museum. It seems like the GCT station and the Philly ones came about under different circumstances, but they make for great folklore.
cascaderailroad
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In London there are several dozen stations that are now abandoned, and lots of video's on YouTube about all this