Gothamist: Some Grand Central Terminal Secrets Revealed

Amazonca

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:17:23 -0500

Thanks for the story... Always wondered what's happening behind the curtains. signature: Smoking cheap cigarettes is one of the leading causes of statistics.

galvo

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:04:28 -0500

should do anexpose on how doing pickpockets are good business at gct, i saw a woman explaining to police that she was bumped on the ticket line and when she got to the window , her wallet was missing. i think pickpockets profile certain coats, they know certain designs have easy pockets, like bike thieves know certain locks are easily defeated. this woman was wearing dressy long black coat,probably had easy pockets. mens carhart jackets are easy to pick , they have short pockets, i found out that by experience.

thegingi

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:02:04 -0500

great story & behind the scenes look

citylion

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:35:28 -0500

Fun story. Before the whole 9.11 paranoia there used to be these physical hackers that have actually planted a flag on the roof of GCT, if I'm not mistaken.

Goomba

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:07:46 -0500

citychik, go back to freaking Ohio and take Bruce Dickhead Ratner back with you. You probably think the subway is shit now, but you never were here when Dinkins was mayor were you? Subways were dirty and smelled like pee, you had a token in your shoe so you could get home if you were mugged and you were carrying something to be safe. It wasn't Disneyland.

Dude69

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:13:03 -0500

citychik, I bet you consider yourself a "native NYer" just because you and your hipster friends moved over from OH a few years ago. Just because you caught some TV show in Columbus about GCT doesn't make you a NYC expert.

Steven

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:59:54 -0500

Great story and good pictures Gothamist. CT and Hudson Valley commuters are really lucky to be in GCT daily compared to the Jersey and LI commuters who get Penn Station.

just_saying

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:58:58 -0500

Sorry - that's the METRO-NORTH lost & found. But I still want to know when they auction off the unclaimed items.

just_saying

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:55:17 -0500

When is the MTA planning to auction off those items in its lost & found room? I'm really interested in the Geoge Bush doll in frame 11. Can't believe someone would leave that behind.

ursamajr

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:39:59 -0500

Actually citychik I just took 2 friends of mine (yes they live in NYC) to the whispering hall 3 weeks ago and they had no idea it was there. so yes - there are people in NYC who don't know. Why do people who like to convey that they hate gothamist continue to waste their time reading the site? lame.

Politburo

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:10:13 -0500

Oh citychik, you're so cool and hip.. NOT.

Art Stewel

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:55:11 -0500

drewo - good story.

citychik

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:32:52 -0500

There isn't anything here that is new information. All the things mentioned here have been written about or revealed on television programs over the years and are hardly secrets anymore. I mean, is there still anyone in NYC who doesn't know about that whispering effect or FDR's private car? C'mon! That's Gothamist for you - finger on the pulse... NOT. Oh, and didn't you mean "MTA cleaned decades of tar from cigarettes off the ceiling?"

NYDirk

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:18:47 -0500

JCB said: Does Kelly Choi know about these Secrets of New York? She needs to strap on her Matrix outfit and knee-high boots and get on this right away!

Bizzle

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:50:36 -0500

Great article. Very interesting.

gothamistgal

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:50:26 -0500

You forgot to mention one of the cooler "hidden in plain sight" things about the zodiac ceiling: There's a small, brick sized rectangle of brownish black in the northeastern corner of the Main Concourse. That was what the ceiling looked like before the restoration.

Think twice

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:33:13 -0500

oops...meant GCT

Think twice

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:32:51 -0500

I wonder if anyone protested the demolition of the original Grand Central Depot to make way for GTC.

drewo

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:32:03 -0500

As scruffy teenage suburban ne'er-do-wells in the 1970's, my friends and I would often access the glass walkways on the terminal's eastern side and wander high above the main floor. And do what kids do - smoke and drink.

Dude69

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:18:35 -0500

Secrets of New York covered GCT in one episode. It also mentioned that Campell's Apartment was a jail at one point.

JenChungsBra

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:17:24 -0500

Does Kelly Choi know about these Secrets of New York? She needs to strap on her Matrix outfit and knee-high boots and get on this right away!

Peter

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:03:38 -0500

A few years ago I went to the lost and found office at Penn Station to look for a work ID card I'd left on an LIRR train. When I described what I was looking for, the window clerk handed me a shoebox chock-full of cards and documents, and promptly disappeared into the back room. I was left alone and unsupervised at the counter with literally hundreds of credit cards, driver's licenses, various forms of ID cards, even a couple of passports.