Grand Central Terminal is one of the most historic landmarks in New York City. It is by far a wonder of man's creation, an impressive Beaux work of Art. Yet it is not the first creation of a railroad system neither in its place on Forty-second Street and Park Avenue nor with the name "Grand Central." ... of the best proposal for the new Grand Central, were the firm of Reed and Stem in collaboration with Warren and Wetmore. Yet the real architectural genius of detail and Beaux-Art style became Warren's and Wetmore's. In 1913 the construction of Grand Central Terminal was completed at a cost o...

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