Saved by Jackie Onassis Kennedy Grand Central celebrates 100 years

A symbol of New York City and America on the move is celebrated having almost been lost in 1968

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An iconic photo of the beautiful Grand Central Station terminal in New York City.

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In 1968 trouble began to brew for Grand Central as Penn Station filed an $8 million lawsuit against the City of New York, blocking the renovation. Jackie makes history as she rallies against changes to Grand Central. By December 1975, Central Station is named as a national historic landmark.

Grand Central, the City’s crown jewel, has become an international example of a successful urban project that gave new life to an historic building which otherwise would have been discarded and destroyed.

CBS News reports that after it was completed in 1913, the New York Times predicted the terminal would eventually handle 100 million people a year. A hundred years later, according to Roberts, that's about to happen. Eighty-two million people passed through last year and with expansion projects underway, the total is likely to reach 100 million in a couple of years.

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