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The Next 100

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750,000people pass through Grand Central da

1,000,000people on peak days

660people per minute through platforms in

7,500people per hour pass 42nd and Vander

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Capacity and Overcrowding

1913 - 75,000 Passengers per day 2010 - 750,000 Passengers

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Additional construction

2nd Avenue Subway Opening 2016

East Side Access Lines Opening 2019

East Midtown re-zoning

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In 1913 Pedestrians and vehicles comfortably co-existed

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In 2012 the Streets dominated by traffic - pedestrians marginalized

Over 80 % of passengers arrive by foot

1925 G d C l i i h i

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1925 - Grand Central was prominent in the city

2012 It h b b d

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2012 - It has been subsumed

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To look

Backyou have to lookForward

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1913 Park Avenue

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1913 Park Avenue

1913 Park Avenue

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1913 - Park Avenue

1922 Park Avenue

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1922 Park Avenue

City Grid

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City Grid

Landmarks

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Landmarks

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Forward

Looking

h2012 - Existing

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Vanderb

iltAvenue

Madison

Avenue

LexingtonAvenue

44th

45th

46th

47th

43rd

42nd

41st

2012 Existing

No externalGreat intern

The Future opportunities?

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43rd

42nd

44th

45th

46th

47th

41st

Pedestrian zones

The Future opportunities?

Lexingto

nAvenue

VanderbiltAvenue

Madison

Avenue

Shared

Improved Entrances

South Entrance and 42nd Street

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South Entrance and 42 Street

LexingtonAvenue

VanderbiltAvenue

Madison

Avenue

43rd

42nd

44th

45th

46th

41st

2012 Grand Central - South Entry

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2012 Grand Central South Entry

Great internal space

B

s

Future Grand Central Southern Entry

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Improved

Accessibility 4

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N

c

2012 - Poor setting and difficult to access

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Future - Improved setting with improved access

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Helmsley Building

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2012 - Approach to Grand Central from Park Avenue

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2012 - Approach to Grand Central from Park Avenue

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PPedestrian

Tunnel

Vehicle priority over pedestrian

Park Avenue2012 Poor pedestrians route to and from Grand Central via Met L

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Park Avenue

Low and Narrow Tunnels

Future - Enlarged tunnels and more public spacePark Avenue

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To Grand Central via Met Life

Park Avenue

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Future Opportunities for retail, art, dining and exhibition spaces

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Lexington Avenue

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Lexington Eastern En

2012

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Entrance t

Narrow sid

Awkward

Future

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Wider tunn

More prom

Shared ped

vehicular s

2012 Lexington Avenue

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2012 Lexington Avenue

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Lexington Avenue

Future Lexington Avenue

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2012 Vanderbilt Avenue

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Tight sidewalks

No entrance space

Too many cars!

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New Plaza at

East Side Access Entrance

New Plaza at

Western Entrance

Pedestrianized street

2012 Vanderbilt Avenue

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2012 Vanderbilt Avenue

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Future Vanderbilt Avenue

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2012 Western Entrance

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Tight entrance

Pedestrians

Squeezed onto

narrow sidewalks

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New civic plaza

New grand entrances

2012 Western Entrance

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2012 Western Entrance

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Future Western Entrance

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Lower Layer

2012

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Tight connections

S4

5

6

To Future

East Side

Access

7

Future

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Good

Connections

Generous

Concourses

45

S

6

To Future

East Side

Access

New Entrances

7

2012 Western Concourse

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Future New Western Concourse

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JONNYUPDATING

Future New Western Concourse

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Better EntrancesThe Next 100

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Better Connections

Outside Pedestrian Space

Civic Stature Regained

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