
THE MODERN AGE 1900–1950II
THE IMPACT OF INVENTION 1879–19331
GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL
GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL
New York, New York, USA
Warren & Wetmore (est. 1887), Architects
New York, New York, USA
1913
At the heart of New York City stands one of the
greatest public spaces ever to be built in the
twentieth century—Grand Central Terminal. It is
also one of the few interior public spaces in the
modern world that has been designed to convey
clarity and an intuitive ease to circulation, no
matter where one enters the space.
Grand Central Terminal is located at 42nd
Street and Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan
in New York City. Built in 1913 and named for ...