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Category Archives: Vanderbilt Hall
The Return of Trainswatting
The squash Tournament of Champions begins in Grand Central’s Vanderbilt Hall tomorrow. Ramy Ashour of Egypt is favored. Here’s some past GCT squash action.
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Why Squirrels Prefer Grand Central to Penn Station
Eagle-eyed Emily over at IRidetheHarlemLine has a fun observational story about the preponderance of acorns in the design motifs around Grand Central Terminal. On a personal note, Little G and I spent a fairly significant amount of time yesterday looking for acorns … Continue reading
Evening Commute Brought to You By Odor-Eaters
Teens are bowling in Grand Central’s Vanderbilt Hall as we speak. It must be the Teen Master’s Bowling Championship again.
Unhinged in Grand Central
I was storming through Pershing Square yesterday, hustling to make the 5:27, as usual, when I saw that three of the six or so wooden doors leading into/out of Vanderbilt Hall were gone–eliminating the precious-seconds-sucking process of negotiating with the Rangers … Continue reading
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Vanderbilt Hall Turned Into ‘Knicks Playoff Central’
Grand Central’s Vanderbilt Hall has been transformed tino Knicks Playoff Central’ in celebration of the Knickerbockers’ historic 2012 post-season campaign. Visitors can shoot some baskets, watch the game on a giant screen, visit some of the many, many sponsor booths, … Continue reading
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Pulp Friction
It’s been a fairly eventful few days in the typically fairly uneventful world of commuting. I was on the 5:46 out of Gotham Tuesday eve, an extraordinarily packed train making the return to commuting after a 12 day break even … Continue reading
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‘Uniqlo’ Short For ‘Unique Typo’
Grand Central, Vanderbilt Hall, en route to 42nd Street and Pershing Square. Garbage can promoting launch of Uniqlo store is wrapped in paper showcasing the cities of the world. One of its largest, with nearly 20 million people, is misspelled. … Continue reading
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GCT’s Vanderbilt Hall Closed To Commuters This Eve
This is a public service announcement: If you, like thousands of others, enter Grand Central from the Pershing Square side (and you partake in Pershing Square Dancing from time to time), allow an extra minute to your walk to the … Continue reading
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Newest ‘Light’ Truck From Range Rover
I generally try to avoid helping the marketing efforts of those who set up shop in Grand Central and look to woo the tastemakers, big spenders, and other masters of the universe who traipse through its gilded halls each day. … Continue reading
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Bermuda or Bust
Some pretty substantial delays on the ride in this morning. We crawled through central Westchester before the conductor got on the horn and told us everything was a bit slow, due to signal problems below 125th Street–perhaps the Bronx Zoo … Continue reading
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