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The converted office building dates back to 1935, when it was built as a major distribution center by the New York Central Railroad. Clausen begins her tale with the heyday of Cornelius Vanderbilt's New York Central railroad, which by the early twentieth century had consolidated its power in the new Grand Central Terminal, described by the author as an "extraordinary synthesis of a complex, dynamic, futuristic transportation hub, a stately, monumental Beaux-Arts building, and lofty City Beautiful Movement civic ideals. During the war, we traveled to Maine on sleeping cars from Grand Central Station to Portland on the New York Central Railroad -- we didn't have busses and parents didn't bring the girls by cars. |
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