page_title: Timeline of Grand Central Terminal
section_title: 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Grand Central Terminal / 20th century
caption_attribution_description: English: The Mercury Statue Clock.
context_page_description: Grand Central Terminal is a major commuter rail terminal in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, serving the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem, Hudson and New Haven Lines. It is the most recent of three functionally similar buildings on the same site. The current structure was built by and named for the New York Central Railroad, though it also served New York Central's successors as well as the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
context_section_description: 1900: Grand Central Depot is redesigned and reopens as Grand Central Station.
  1902: A crash in the Park Avenue Tunnel spurs the railroad's electrification and a new terminal.
  1903: Architecture firms are invited to compete in designing Grand Central Terminal.
  June 19, 1903: Grand Central Terminal's construction begins.
  February 1904: Warren and Wetmore, along with Reed and Stem, agree to become the "associated architects of Grand Central Terminal", co-designing the terminal.
  February 1, 1913: Grand Central Terminal's opening is celebrated with a private dinner for the architects at the Grand Central Terminal Restaurant.
  February 2, 1913: Grand Central Terminal opens.
  1914: The Glory of Commerce sculpture is installed on the terminal's facade.
  1919: One leg of the Park Avenue Viaduct opens.
  1923-24: The Grand Central Art Galleries and the Grand Central School of Art open in the terminal, both remaining there until the 1950s.
  1926: The Graybar Passage opens, built on the first floor of the newly-opened Graybar Building.
  1928: The other leg of the Park Avenue Viaduct opens.
  1929: Ernst Plassmann's statue of Cornelius Vanderbilt is moved to Grand Central Terminal.
  1944: The Main Concourse ceiling is irreparably damaged and covered over with boards, replicating the original celestial design.
  1966: The Vanderbilt Tennis Club opens in a space directly above Vanderbilt Hall.
  September 11, 1976: Croatian nationalists plant a bomb in a coin locker in Grand Central; its deactivation kills a bomb squad specialist and injures three others.
  April 7, 1991: Amtrak stops service at Grand Central, ending its 78-year role as an intercity rail terminal.
  1994 – 1999: Grand Central North, a series of tunnels between the terminal and streets to its north, is constructed.
  1995 – 1998: The terminal is renovated close to its original appearance; all billboards are removed, the 1944 celestial ceiling is cleaned, the waiting room is renovated and reopens to become Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Market opens, and the East Stairs are built in the Main Concourse, replicating the design of the West Stairs.
  1999: The Campbell Apartment first opens as a bar and cocktail lounge, following an extensive renovation.
caption: Glory of Commerce, a sculptural group by Jules-Félix Coutan
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