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Some Numbers 44 platforms 67 tracks 2 levels 41 tracks on the upper level 26 tracks on the lower level 48 acres 21,600,000 annual visitors 110 lightbulbs per chandelier 288 lights along perimeter of ceiling 60 feet high arch windows 60 smaller windows per 60 foot arch window 34 flower etchings on the ceiling 2,500 stars on the ceiling 700,000 people every day, more than the entire population of Alaska April 3, 2011: 286 weekday departures: 74 Hudson, 101 Harlem and 111 New Haven Travel + Leisure, October 2011 said Grand Central Terminal is “the world’s number six most visited tourist attraction, bringing in approximately 21,600,000 visitors annually.” Upper level tracks are numbered 11 to 42, east to west Lower level tracks are numbered 100 to 126, east to west The main concourse is 275 ft long, 120 ft wide, 125 ft high, 80,000 square feet The highest point of the vaulted ceiling is 150 feet from the floor There is a 30-foot by 20 foot balcony along every wall except the south one Grand Central’s basement is NYC’s largest basement and also its deepest basement Grand Central facade facing 42nd Street is the world’s largest Tiffany glass, a circumference of 13 feet Surrounding the Tiffany glass is the 48 ft. high sculpture of Minerva, Hercules, and Mercury, which was the world’s largest grouping of sculptures in 1914. Made by French sculptor Jules-Felix Coutan. Both sets of marble steps are modeled after the grand staircase of the Paris Opera House Estimated worth of four-faced opal and brass clock on top of the information booth: $15,000,000 Grand Central’s mailing address is 87 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017 Latitude 40.752998000000000000 Longitude -73.977056000000000000 Coordinates: 40°45′10.08″N 73°58′35.48″W It is 7 km from my apartment in Queens
It is 168 km from where my parents live in Pennsylvania It is 144 km from the house I was born in in Philadelphia It is 3626.944 miles from the Louvre It is 3178.314 miles from Dublin It is 3057.768 miles from County Mayo, where my family lived before emigrating It is 1324.763 miles from the center of Kansas, which is the town of Great Bend A new bi-level, eight-track tunnel will be excavated under Park Avenue, more than 90 feet below the Metro-North track and more than 140 feet below the surface. Reaching the street from the lowest level, more than 175 feet deep, will take about 10 minutes. The main concourse is bigger than the nave of Notre Dame The building of Grand Central required workers to excavate 2.8 million cubic yards of earth and rock
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