Thursday, February 10, 2011

Grand Central Station, NY #photography

One of the first places we dived into on that cold morning was the Grand Central Station. Here are some of the photographs I took of this imposing place. Too bad they removed all the top end architectural bits.

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It was still very early when we got there. The lights were still burning and the moon was out.

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There’s the awesome building

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The entrance

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Imposing entrance all right

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Extraordinary sight as you enter. Huge, stupendous, highly polished, beautiful.

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The ceiling is a work of art with what looks like the zodiac painted on it.

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A bar

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The departure board

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Moving down to the floor

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The windows had arched tops with carvings of various scenes from Greek and Roman mythology.

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Huge chandeliers

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Quite high security was present with people in army uniforms dotted around the concourse.

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Information desk

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Tickets

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Exit to Lex

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Another exit

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Intricately carved ceramic tiles on the roof

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The flag

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Dining Concourse. Nice image of the fork.

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Another exit

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A closeup of the chandelier

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See what I mean? Army troops in full battle gear on the floor.

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Peeked into the platforms, bit dirty and dingy

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See what i mean?



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Looking back at the entrance from where we got in.

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An old style gleaming bronze letter box.

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Subway passages

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The paint seems to be peeling a bit

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A train is coming in.

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Polishing shoes

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Presumably these are little shops which are closed at the moment.

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A winged dog eating its own tail? what on earth?

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Nice chandelier

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This ceiling was painted up, but very faded.

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EST Clock

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And they are on facebook and twitter, natch.

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Very imposing building as I said.

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Hanging chandeliers, must weigh some serious tons.

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Popped out to see Pershing Square under the bridge

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Looking back at the station

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Closeup of the clock, Mercury (with the winged helmet) and the name of the building. Here is the slideshow with some more photographs

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