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Park Avenue Tunnel Rehabilitation

PARK AVENUE TUNNEL REHABILITATION 1987 - 1992   DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD WHO CONTRIBUTED THEIR LABOR, SKILLS, AND MINDS TO THE TASK OF COMPLETING THE...

PARK AVENUE TUNNEL REHABILITATION 1987 - 1992   DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD WHO CONTRIBUTED THEIR LABOR, SKILLS, AND MINDS TO THE TASK OF COMPLETING...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • grand central
  • grand centra...
  • metro-north
  • mnrr
  • park avenue
  • 1992

William L. Butcher

IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM L. BUTCHER 1907 - 1976   WESTCHESTER BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADER   FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHICH HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION TO...

IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM L. BUTCHER 1907 - 1976   WESTCHESTER BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADER   FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHICH HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION TO...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • william butcher
  • grand central
  • grand centra...
  • 1907
  • 1976

The Restoration of Grand Central Terminal

Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

  • dedicatednyc
  • midtown
  • grand central
  • nyc
  • jack curry

Grand Central Terminal - National Civil Engineering Landmark

NATIONAL HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDMARK AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS 1852 GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL, NEW YORK SPEARHEADED BY CHIEF ENGINEER WILLIAM J. WILGUS AND CONSTRUCTED UNDER...

NATIONAL HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDMARK AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS 1852 GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL, NEW YORK SPEARHEADED BY CHIEF ENGINEER WILLIAM J. WILGUS AND CONSTRUCTED...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • grand central
  • grand centra...
  • mta
  • metro-north railroad
  • 1852
  • 1913
  • 2013

The Biltmore Room

You're in the Biltmore Room, once a popular arrival area for long-distance travelers on the New York Central Railroad. Formerly nicknamed the "Incoming Train Room" and the "Kissing Room," this...

You're in the Biltmore Room, once a popular arrival area for long-distance travelers on the New York Central Railroad. Formerly nicknamed the "Incoming Train Room" and the "Kissing Room,"...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • grand central
  • grand centra...

Grand Central Terminal Electrification

Submitted by @oranv

Submitted by @oranv

    Grand Central Terminal - National Historic Landmark

    GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONSTRUCTED FROM 1903...

    GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONSTRUCTED FROM 1903...

    • new york
    • manhattan
    • grand central
    • grand centra...
    • 1903
    • 1913
    • 1976

    Grand Central Terminal - National Railway Historical Society

    GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC RAILROAD LANDMARKS THIS TERMINAL WAS OPENED IN 1913 BY THE NEW YORK CENTRAL AND NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD...

    GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC RAILROAD LANDMARKS THIS TERMINAL WAS OPENED IN 1913 BY THE NEW YORK CENTRAL AND NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN &...

    • new york
    • manhattan
    • grand central
    • grand centra...
    • mta
    • metro-north railroad
    • 1913
    • 2013

    Restoration of Grand Central Terminal

    The restoration of Grand Central Terminal was driven by the vision, leadership and passion of Peter Stangl, the first President of Metro-North Railroad, and realized through the creativity,...

    The restoration of Grand Central Terminal was driven by the vision, leadership and passion of Peter Stangl, the first President of Metro-North Railroad, and realized through the...

    • new york
    • manhattan
    • grand central
    • grand centra...
    • mta
    • metro-north railroad
    • 1995
    • 1991

    Yale Club of New York City

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    • dedicatednyc
    • midtown
    • yale
    • yale club
    • nyc
    • jack curry
    • revolutionary war
    • hale
    • army

    Nathan Hale

    AT THE BRITISH ARTILLERY PARK NEAR THIS SITE NATHAN HALE CAPTAIN IN THE U.S.ARMY, YALE GRADUATE OF 1773, APPREHENDED WITHIN ENEMY LINES WHILE SEEKING INFORMATION WAS EXECUTED ON THE MORNING OP...

    AT THE BRITISH ARTILLERY PARK NEAR THIS SITE NATHAN HALE CAPTAIN IN THE U.S.ARMY, YALE GRADUATE OF 1773, APPREHENDED WITHIN ENEMY LINES WHILE SEEKING INFORMATION WAS EXECUTED ON THE MORNING...

      The Chrysler Building

      THE CHRYSLER BUILDING  A STUNNING STATEMENT OF THE OPULENT ART DBCO STYLE  BY ARCHITECT WILLIAM VAN ALEN THE 77-STORY BUILDING  SYMBOLIZES THE NEW YORK CITY SKYSCRAPER WITH ITS  DISTINCTIVE STEEL...

      THE CHRYSLER BUILDING  A STUNNING STATEMENT OF THE OPULENT ART DBCO STYLE  BY ARCHITECT WILLIAM VAN ALEN THE 77-STORY BUILDING  SYMBOLIZES THE NEW YORK CITY SKYSCRAPER WITH ITS  DISTINCTIVE...

      • art deco
      • steel tower
      • brick and steel cars
      • gargoyles

      Emigrant Savings Bank

      Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

      Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

      • dedicatednyc
      • fdny
      • midtown
      • nyc
      • jack curry

      NYC Library Walk: Robert Pinsky

      • nyc
      • new york
      • library
      • pinsky
      • poetry

      Library Walk: William Carlos Williams, "Poem"

      The rose fades and is renewed again by its seed, naturally but where save in the poem shall it go to suffer no diminution of its splendor -William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), "Poem"Submitted by @lampbane

      The rose fades and is renewed again by its seed, naturally but where save in the poem shall it go to suffer no diminution of its splendor -William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), "Poem"Submitted by @lampbane

      • new york
      • manhattan
      • midtown manhattan
      • midtown
      • library walk
      • william carl...
      • 1883
      • 1963

      Library Walk: Muriel Rukeyser, "The Speed of Darkness"

      The universe is made of stories, not of atoms. Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980). "The Speed of Darkness"Submitted by @lampbane

      The universe is made of stories, not of atoms. Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980). "The Speed of Darkness"Submitted by @lampbane

      • new york
      • manhattan
      • midtown manhattan
      • midtown
      • library walk
      • muriel rukeyser
      • 1913
      • 1980

      Library Walk: Albert Camus, 'The Plague'

      Dr.Rieux resolved to compile this chronicle, so that he should not be one of those who hold their peace but should bear witness in favor of those plague-stricken people; so that some memorial of...

      Dr.Rieux resolved to compile this chronicle, so that he should not be one of those who hold their peace but should bear witness in favor of those plague-stricken people; so that some memorial...

      • new york
      • manhattan
      • midtown manhattan
      • midtown
      • library walk
      • library
      • albert camus
      • 1913
      • 1960