The New York Times published an article on September 12, 1909 entitled ‘THE NEW TERMINAL OF THE “GRAND CENTRAL”’ that gives complete details of reconstruction of Grand Central all while not interrupting train services and the challenges it faced while doing so. It gives details of future plans in building “a city above a city,” restoring streets putting into effect air rights and an estimated value of property in the size “of a single railroad car”. Also included in the article are details of the four different levels within Grand Central and their purposes.
The themes discussed in class are as follows:
• Transportation / Culture of Travel
• Architectural Transition
• Engineering Changes / Tech Development
• Building Designs
• Culture
• Aesthetics Changes
I listed all of them because they all play a part in this particular article. Transportation / culture of travel is mentioned in the article pointing out the amount of people traveling and how they rely on Grand Central for this accomplishment both in time and destination. The architectural transition is described in details and gives images of its final outcome to the date (it is not as what it looks like today). Engineering and tech development are compared to a game of chess and as stated in the article, not a game of opposition but of collaboration. Culture also played an important role in this article because the privileged were used to traveling in high class depending on the Pullman’s luxury cars. The building designs are shown in drawn images. The aesthetic changes are described in words and points out the importance of the artistic designs.

Unknown. (1909, September 12). The New Terminal of the “Grand Central”. New York Times, p. SM9. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/96947331?accountid=28313