Comments on: The Coolest Place in Grand Central: The Clock Tower

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 21:58:38 +0000

In reply to Suzy Tidwell. Unfortunately it is pretty much impossible to do this today.

By: Suzy Tidwell

Suzy Tidwell — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:21:51 +0000

Would love to see the inside of the clock face. What do you have to do to take that tour?

By: Gogig

Gogig — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 16:20:08 +0000

I absolutely love this. I grew up in the area. My grandmother still lives in a 300 year old house in Highland right on the river under the Midhudson bridge that used to be a cattle feeding shed for the railroad line. The freight train tracks go through her yard. You can stand in her yard and wave to the engineers and they’ll toot the horn for you!
Grand Central is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world, IMO. How did you get access to see the clock face?

By: JOhn

JOhn — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:19:08 +0000

Looking at the gears and back lighting reminds me so much of the (now restored) outside clocks of Buffalo Central Terminal. Always wondered if they were similar (since the BCT was based on GCT) if not slightly smaller. So, thanks for the behind the scenes photos.
It’s so sad to see so many other architectural marvels in NY outside of “the city” be ignored. I guess I should be happy to see some history being preserved, but it still hurts seeing just what could be…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Central_terminal_clock_buffalo_ny.jpg

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:57:17 +0000

I think the coolest place in GCT is the sub basement. It’s the lowest point in Manhattan, and you can see all of the old electrical transformers, now defunct but too big to move.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:19:37 +0000

Wow! I’m super jealous!

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:47:28 +0000

In reply to Heather.

For historical accuracy, it was actually Flavor Aid, and not Kool Aid, but I digress…

Figured you’d enjoy the caption though. The photo of you was too good not to use :)

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:33:12 +0000

Since you’re also partaking in the koolaid, please share :)

Also, I’m sure this will continue your reign as top traffic driver to said “wildly popular train enthusiast blog”.

By: Otto Vondrak

Otto Vondrak — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:20:44 +0000

Emily, these photos are spectacular! Well done!

By: Sissy

Sissy — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:12:36 +0000

AMAZING!
I want to see this 1st hand!! The pictures would be incredible.