i WITNESS NEW YORK CITY – Grand Central Station Sitting between Madison and Lexington Avenues, and covering roughly 15 mid-city blocks between 42nd and 49th Streets, Grand Central Terminal (as it is officially named) is one of the world’s iconic stations. It started life in 1871 as the Grand Central Depot to service three railroads, the New York Central and Hudson River, New York and Harlem, and New York and New Haven. Built at a time when longdistance train travel was booming, the construction was financed by Cornelius Vanderbilt, known as the Commodore, who made his considerable wealth from railways and shipping. The tracks loop at the 42nd Street end, basically under the cavernous Main Concourse, which is as high as it is wide (at 38 metres) and instantly recognisable as it has featured in numerous movies. ◆
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