Grand Central Terminal: Gateway to New York City
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (566 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 159034491X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 48 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Provides a history of Grand Central Terminal from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, including its construction and architecture, the role played by Cornelius Vanderbilt, and facts about railroads in general.
Beautiful picture book for young folks Kris Before you buy this book you should know that it's written in a picture-book style for kids. The pictures are beautiful and I wish there were more of them. It's a great introduction to GCT for those who love the old railroad glory days. It's much better than the cartoon-style "Old Penn Station" book.. "A Beautiful Book" according to A Customer. This is a beautiful book. It is beautiful to look at, it is beautiful to read. The words have a symbiotic relationship with the illustrations, and the illustrations with the words. Together they tell a story that in lesser hands would be just another one of those "we built a bigger better longer something" book, but in the capable hands of the writer and designer they tell the story of Grand Central Terminal - which is basically a story of en. "Minimal Informatio" according to Kay Devita. I was disappointed in the content of the book. It seems to be written at a high school level and contained very little information.