Title: Grand Central…The World’s Greatest Railway Terminal
Author: William D. Middleton
Date: 1977

Table of Contents: (8 Chapters)

1. The Railroad Comes to Manhattan

• Talks about the establishment of railroads in the city along with the companies and people who ran them leading up to GCT.

2. The Commodores Palace on 42nd Street

• Gives a brief overview of Cornelius Vanderbilt’s early life up until his involvement in the development of GCT.

3. An Engineer and His Grand Design

4. The Architects and Their Magnificent Structure

5. A Prodigious Task Wonderfully Accomplished

6. A City Within a City

7. Gateway to a Continent

8. What Future for Grand Central