Image of a resource (I have not obtained it yet)

On June 17th, we visited NY Transit Archival which is located on Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Passing through the security gates, we found ourselves in the basement of the building walking towards the archival.

We saw many of amazing photographs of Grand Central Terminal, New York Public Library and the neighborhood which were taken in early 20th centuries. What held my excitement was drawings such as elevation and Plans of Grand Central Terminal as well as the surroundings on the site. The transition of the neighborhood, neat lines, details of the beautiful ornaments, everything on the drawings were helpful for my deep research of Grand Central Terminal, but also it made me feel the history and these people who worked on the drawings.

Another source that I liked very much was a book with a green hard cover with a image of a statue. “The Gateway to a Continent”

It was published in 1940, and it has 40 pages. This book is not only the Terminal, but also the neighborhood and other famous and important buildings affected to architectural history in Midtown of Manhattan, such as Helmsley Building. In many pages, there were beautiful and cheerful sketches of buildings, neighborhood and people, and those were the things that made me feel I would like to have this book by myself.

As questions for further research, I would say “How the Park Avenue was changed and how people reacted to the construction of Grand Central Terminal.”