The Truth About: Grand Central Terminal

Learn the secrets behind the nation's busiest train station as we take a private tour of Grand Central Terminal.

Witness the hole in the ceiling left by a missile, marvel at the value of the central clock and see the hidden "Whispering Wall" in action.

From the creators of VH1's "Pop-Up Video," comes THE TRUTH ABOUT, a roving encyclopedia that delivers compelling facts on top of revealing footage.

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[MichaelHurley41]

As nice as this station is, there was one bigger and better destroyed by shitheads in 1962. It was the original Pennsylvania Station and it was truly magnificent. The city should rebuild that.

[gmon40]

I was born in NY and didnt know half the stuff except the whispering wall we used to play jokes on people like this is god talking your train just left ya

[jmad1952]

Besides the Post Office the subway stop is Grand Central Station. Most of the soot on the ceiling is from the diesel and old steam locomotives. Very interesting. Thanks.

[indyfan22k]

@warszawianka  the NJ Governor Killed that Project and Congress hates Amtrak.

[janiskukral]

Yesterday morning I was still there... Now I'm back in Germany -.-

[music19love]

wow thats alot about Grand Central...wow just....wow

[Romerjon17]

At Australia, Victoria. Flinder Street station opened in1910

[booster330]

The Fisher King

[warszawianka]

All that talk about GCT and you didn't mention the illuminated constellations on the ceiling.

[warszawianka]

@decline2state Yes. The idea is to relocate Penn Station across the street to what is now the Farley Post Office, built at the same time as, and by the same architects, as Penn Station. That project is turning into a squabble between Amtrak and NJT. As it is now, NJT is building a third tunnel under the Hudson and plans to run its trains into the "new" Penn Station as a stub-end terminal. Amtrak has no idea what it's going to do, as usual. And no one has any idea how to pay for the project.

[warszawianka]

@snowsorceress GCT almost got the wrecking ball too because Penn Central was desparate for cash. Fortunately the city leaders woke up and instituted the Landmarks Preservation Committee to stop an atrocity like Penn Station from ever happening again. As it is, Penn Central sold the air rights over the terminal to Pan Am to build what is now the Met Life building.

[warszawianka]

@intercityrailpal Also look up Detroit's Michigan Central Station. It was designed by the same architects that did Pennsylvania Station in NYC, and it has been allowed to turn into an utter ruin. At least there is a minimal effort in Buffalo to keep Central Terminal from falling apart, and they hold events there every so often. Detroit's station is nothing but a ghost now. Would be nice if Amtrak would abandon its butt-ugly Depew station and restore service to Central, which isn't far away.