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  1. Holger says:

    Ha! We have the ability to kiss and ride in Germany as well :)
    I took a (crappy) photo of such a sign at Cologne Central Station 5 years ago:

    http://www.fahrbier.de/2007/09/kiss-ride.html

    Would you allow me to borrow the kissing rules from your page to write about them in my blog – referring to my older entry ibidem?

    Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving, btw…
    Holger

  2. Al Cyone says:

    ““thank god you’re still alive after the war”

    Something to think about; especially today.

    Happy Thanksgiving.

  3. Steve Dunham says:

    I looked at the Washington Metro website to see whether kiss-and-ride areas are explained anyplace. I didn’t see anything on the Parking page, and a search of the whole site turned up 365 results, among them the Parking page, but the top results didn’t seem to tell people what a kiss-and-ride area is or how it works (basically, it’s a spot to drop off or pick up passengers, and vehicles are supposed to stop just momentarily, not park there). I live in Virginia and use Metro a lot, and I think that maybe people are just supposed to know what “kiss & ride” means. By the way, I used to live in the Northeast, and I’ve ridden Metro North a few times, and enjoy reading your blog and keeping up with what’s going on, and I’m enjoying the series on one of my favorite buildings, GCT. I saw Wreck-It Ralph over the weekend; it had, I think, “Game Central Station,” which was clearly patterned on GCT.

    • Al Cyone says:

      On a somewhat related topic, JFK (and other airports) have cellphone parking lots where you can wait (for free) until the person you’re waiting for gets to the pickup area and calls you. When I first saw the sign I thought it was a pretty good outside-the-box idea. There’s a short article about it here.

  4. Bob says:

    The Biltmore Room is still one of my favorite parts of GCT, even if it was looking a bit worn the last time I went over to take a look (I haven’t been on a train that arrived or departed from one of those tracks in years). As a kid I’d go through it all the time since the ‘upper’ Harlem off-peak diesels almost always arrived on those tracks so they could turn the train. At that time the room was full of bus station style lockers, hiding most of the architectural elements from view. Then in the mid-80s (I think) it was renovated, it seemed like the first area of the terminal to be touched, and I was amazed at how beautiful the room was after being cleaned and the lockers removed. It really made me hope that some day maybe other parts of the terminal could be returned to their historic grandeur.

  5. James says:

    What source did the rules for kissing come from?

    • Emily says:

      The rules were printed in a newspaper when the Terminal opened. Can’t recall at this point since it has been many years, but it may have been the New York Times.

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