Description: Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station, New York, Images of Rail, Paperback Opened in 1913, Grand Central Terminal is a world-famous landmark building with a magnificent 48-foot-high, 1,500-ton statuary group on top of the main facade. Designed by sculptor Jules-Felix Coutan, a 13-foot-wide Tiffany clock serves as the centerpiece. The figure above the clock is Mercury, with Hercules to the left and Minerva to the right. In the late 1990s, a historic restoration was performed on the terminal after which two cast-iron eagle statues were placed over entrances at Lexington Avenue and Forty-Second Street/Vanderbilt Avenue. These eagles were from the 1898 Grand Central Station building that was demolished in 1910 to make room for the construction of the new Grand Central Terminal structure. Penn Station, which opened in 1910, covered two full city blocks and had statuary groups, designed by sculptor Adolph Weinman, on all four sides of the building. After Penn Station was demolished in the mid-1960s, the statuary was dispersed throughout various locations, mainly in the Northeast.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467103251
Book Title: Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station : Statuary and Sculptures
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: David D. Morrison
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Sculpture & Installation, Railroads / History, United States / General
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Art, Transportation, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
