Other Points of Interest

You'll find many other interesting sights along Fifth Avenue, such as the magnificent St. Patrick's Cathedral, located between 50th and 51st streets. The Gothic structure is the seat of the Archbishop of New York.

One of New York's most reputed hotels is located along Fifth Avenue: the Plaza, world famous as the location where The Beatles as well as many presidents have stayed.

Other sights along Fifth Avenue are Rockefeller Center (across the street from St. Patrick's Cathedral), the Trump Tower, the Empire State Building - long the tallest building in the world, the Flatiron Building and the majestic New York Public Library.

Grand Central Terminal is one of two magnificent train stations that were built in New York in the heyday of railway transportation. The other, Penn Station, was demolished in the 1960s.

Grand Central Terminal

Interior

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Side Entrance

The monumental railway station was constructed in 1903-1913 for the New York and Harlem Railroad company. It is a grand Beaux-Arts building which serves as a transportation hub connecting train, metro, car and pedestrian traffic in an efficient way. It has 67 train tracks on two different levels.

Penn Station

The other, even grander railway station - Penn Station - was built in 1902-1911 after a design by Charles McKim. In an act of vandalism, the monumental landmark - which was modeled on the ancient Baths of Caracalla in Rome - was destroyed in 1963-1966 and replaced by a banal railway station and office tower.

Grand Central Terminal almost suffered a similar fate but thanks to New York City's new landmark preservation laws - implemented in part thanks to the outcry over the demolition of Penn Station, the building was able to escape the wrecking ball.

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