12 HIDDEN SECRETS in Grand Central | New York City
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2024
- Secret doors, hidden passageways in the windows, a tennis court, and lots more. I'll show you where to look and how to access 12 hidden secrets in Grand Central, and share 12 interesting facts along the way. Click this link www.viator.com/tours/New-York... to take the tour yourself!
Grand Central Terminal is one of the busiest train stations in the world and it's one of the most visited places in New York, but most people never see the details I share in this video, even if they're right in front of their eyes - from a few secrets in/on the information booth in the center of the main atrium, to a bunch of secrets on its iconic ceiling.
If you liked this tour of Grand Central, be sure to check out my 12 Hidden Secrets in New York playlist, with secrets in Central Park, Times Square, and Bryant Park: • 12 HIDDEN SECRETS in C...
Links I mention in the video:
Ceiling restoration analysis
johncanningco.com/blog/sky-mu...
Tennis in Grand Central
vanderbilttennisclub.com/
Untapped New York Secrets of Grand Central
untappedcities.com/2021/06/23...
Untapped New York Grand Central Tour
untappedcities.com/tours/NYC/...
Grand Central Audio tour
iPhone: apps.apple.com/us/app/grand-c...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/de...
Timestamps for the 12 Secrets:
0:00 Grand Central Intro
0:18 1. Information booth clock value
0:50 2. Hidden acorns and oak leaves
1:11 3. 1913 reference
1:34 4. Info booth secret entrance
2:14 5. Ceiling mural is reversed
2:48 6. The black spot
3:38 7. A hole in the ceiling
4:41 8. The tennis court
6:10 9. Secret window walkways
7:41 10. The Campbell Bar
9:21 11. Grand Central Theater
9:46 Bonus: Graybar rats
10:26 12. Secret window in the clock
11:54 Bonus: Whispering gallery
Music is from Artlist:
"Hang Gliding" by Rex Banner
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Filmed on September 10, 2022 on a Canon G7X Mark II.
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Many of these secrets came from Untapped New York's Secrets of Grand Central Tour. I highly recommend it: www.viator.com/tours/New-York-City/Tour-of-the-Secrets-of-Grand-Central-Terminal/d687-26697P1?pid=P00080368&mcid=42383&medium=link&medium_version=selector&campaign=gcsecrets
You properly cited Untapped New York, the walking & audio tours and other sources, but to your credit you've combined all this info into one great summary. Thanks for this. I'm called upon to be the frequent tour guide for friends & family coming to the city, and your site is a great resource that helps make me look like the expert. Thank you!
Haha, I have that same job for my friends and family. :) Glad I could be a resource for you!
Forgot about the hidden dead President rail car bellow in some abandoned siding and also the hidden deep level backup dispatch center .
9:47 I work in Midtown and take the subway to Grand Central every day for the past 12 years and I know most of these things except for the Graybar rats. Those scary things on the mooring lines are accurate representations of NYC rats: fearless and huge! Thanks for the info :)
Glad I could show you something new. Another secret there, if you follow the lines all the way up to the building, the rosette where the line goes into the building is made up of rats, too. Check it out next time you're over there.
Awesome job on this video!
Surprised no one's tried to steal that 20 million dollar clock yet. Sound like a plot to the next Oceans movie.
Great tour.. Love it
Thanks for watching!
Excellent video! thanks
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching! :)
Thanks!!
You're welcome!
Wonderful
Thank you!
At one point, prior to being occupied by the Tennis Club, that space was used by the CBS Television Network for TV studios; around the same time, the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite was broadcast from a newsroom on the 29th floor of the Graybar Building next door to GCT (accessible via the Graybar Passage).
Yeah, it was fascinating to hear about the different usages for the various rooms throughout the building. Like the Campbell apartment was an MTA jail for a little bit!
Have been there, now I want to go back to see all the secrets. Thanks for showing us around.
You should. Take your time finding all the hidden acorns and oak leaves!
Unfortunately it's in New York
thank you for posting this. The only thing I knew was the bit about the ceiling. Everything else was cool information. My next trip to NYC (I travel from New Haven by Metro North, so this should be a no brainet), I will have to hook up with the tours.
I used to live in West Haven! Have fun on your next trip into the City!
#9: The walkways. FYI the walkway floors are glass.
Yeah, it's like the frosted glass though - not fully transparent or that'd be awkward for people above you. 👀
I have watched a stupid amount of videos about nyc history and have been to grand central probably over 100 times in my life and I learned so much just from this one video, I WILL be sitting in those chairs on the fourth floor next time I’m there!!!!!
Of all the secrets, those chairs are my favorite. :) Glad you enjoyed the video.
The constellation Orion is the only one that’s not backwards.
Kind of. He's facing Taurus, his correct hand is raised, but Taurus is supposed to be on the other side of him, so he's looking back when he should be looking forward.
more nyc vids pls do secrets at the battery or sum these entertaining as
That's a great idea! I have a couple more NYC videos coming up next.
Why did Campbell Bar used to be called The Campbell Apartment? I was told by the wait staff that it was included for the GCT architect to live in. There's a loft above the serving floor that was a bedroom. The serving floor where the fireplace is was the living room of the apartment.
To my knowledge, nobody ever lived in the Campbell Apartment. It was originally leased to John Campbell (who sat on the Board of the New York Central Railroad and later became Chairman of the Board of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad) as his office. He had it decked out with all the fancy things so he could entertain friends. After he died, it was used for various functions, but never as an actual apartment that somebody lived in. I think the wait staff was messing with you.
I know the Architect, and he lives in Perth Amboy. 😂
The clocks may be accurate, but departure times on the board are purposely set earlier than when the train actually leaves the terminal to allow latecomers to make it.
That's right! I meant to include that in the video but totally forget to mention it. Thanks!
where is third level
Except it's not a station it's a terminal. I commuted from Rye to Grand Central Terminal over a 30-year period Grand Central Station is the post office.
So glad you pointed out the black tile.
Did I call it a station? Whoops! 🫢
@@PerfectLittlePlanet It is also the name of the connecting subway station.
I got completely lost inside last time I was there lmao
haha, I've been there hundreds of times and I still get turned around every once in a while.
Grand Central is a terminal not a station. Grand Central Station is the Post Office a few doors up the street from the rats.
I just said the very same thing. Plus I'm sure where you live you have plenty of rodents and vermin as well. Because sadly our issue is a never-ending battle.
@@SicilianStealth Where I live, there are lots of critters, but they don't bother us and we don't bother them. (Well there was the coyote in the local park who was biting people until he tried to bite a cop and was shot for his efforts).
@@lindaitken3321 Well farm rodent they don't bother us as well. So make yourself useful and go play in traffic.
@@lindaitken3321 once again someone who's lost common rationale has nothing to do with you not bothering them and them not bothering you with the fact that you have them that's the point. Just like we do that's the point. Go make yourself useful and play in traffic.
Aww, did I call it station? I totally know better. My bad. 🤦♂️