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Rewind: Grand Central Station (60 Minutes - 1990)
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Posted on 12/20/2023 6:24:31 PM PST by SamAdams76

This "60 Minutes" piece is now nearly 35 years old.

Grand Central in 1990

As a daily Grand Central commuter for ten years now, this video is both historic and contemporary.

The station itself is much the same, except many less commuters are looking for information at the booth (we have apps for that now).

The homeless are still around and still getting rousted, however not as brusquely as seen in this video.

The bar carts are now shut down but you can still bring alcoholic beverages onboard the commuter trains for the way home.

Grand Central is now triple the size due to the Long Island Railroad now coming three levels below. For those who haven't been to Grand Central recently, miles of subterranean passages have been added. On rainy or cold days, I can leave my office and get a 3 or 4 mile walk indoors without any overlap.

Also, the classical violin players are back during rush hours.


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To: End Times Sentinel

It may depend on what generation was is from AND how long one’s family has lived in NYC. I can only say what I know from growing up there and the people I knew.


21 posted on 12/20/2023 8:08:52 PM PST by nopardons
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To: End Times Sentinel

I’ve lived around here for ,ost of my life and I hear grand central and that’s it.


22 posted on 12/20/2023 8:11:51 PM PST by Fuzz (. )
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To: End Times Sentinel

When I was 13 my parents let me visit my Grand Parents in Lake Ronkonkoma ,on Long Island. I took the Reading to Philadelphia then got a Trailways Bus to NYC. I remember that the Port Authority Bus terminal was pretty seedy even in the early 60’s. Walked through the Garment District on the way to Penn Station,while not as big Grand Central it was pretty huge. I don’t think I could do that trip now without being mugged several times.


23 posted on 12/20/2023 8:14:45 PM PST by Empireoftheatom48 (Read The Screwtape letters, section “Screwtape Proposes a Toast”)
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To: llevrok

Such a classic and super functional building!

Amen... it could never be built today


24 posted on 12/20/2023 8:20:24 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Empireoftheatom48
As the father of two, born and raised in Philadelphia kids, who took public transit most of their school years, we've got a certain level of safety (and awareness).

But a trip like that even in the 60's (which, admittedly, was before my time by a few years) for a 13 year old? I'd never allow that, and I almost never say no.

Good outta you that you had the fortitude to make that trip, and a hat tip to your parents for trusting you enough!

"Feral kids" grow up to be our best citizens if they get parenting at home.

25 posted on 12/20/2023 8:37:27 PM PST by End Times Sentinel (In the conflict between the stone and the stream, the stream will always prevail.)
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To: SamAdams76

It’s a beautiful place - I am there 4 days a week.


26 posted on 12/20/2023 8:39:07 PM PST by Clemenza
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To: SamAdams76

I thought you were going to post something old!..lol...1990? I am getting old, as 1990 seems like yesterday to me. But, thanks for the look back.


27 posted on 12/21/2023 6:38:24 AM PST by goodnesswins ( We pretend to vote and they pretend to count the votes.)
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To: goodnesswins
Yes, it's a shock to realize that 1990 was a LONG time ago for many people. That was 33 years ago. My grown children were either babies or not born yet that year.

To put it in perspective, I turned 21 years old in 1983 and so the year 1950 back then would have seemed to me like a totally different era - which it was.

28 posted on 12/21/2023 6:53:14 AM PST by SamAdams76 (6,508,933 Truth | 87,456,907 Twitter)
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To: SamAdams76

Yes...like 1939 would have looked to me ....:?)


29 posted on 12/21/2023 7:16:34 AM PST by goodnesswins ( We pretend to vote and they pretend to count the votes.)
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To: Clemenza
Speaking of Grand Central, the Rite-Aid that sits in Grand Central on the Southeast corner bordering 42nd Street, is closing this week.

This was the one place in Grand Central where commuters could get a cheap beer for the ride home. Otherwise, you are paying $7 a can minimum. I usually got a 24 oz can of Yeungling or Modelo for just $5 ($2.50 per 12 fl oz).

Anyway, I stopped in there this morning and they are down to just five beers on the shelf. I found it humorous that a can of Bud Light was one of them!


30 posted on 12/21/2023 8:13:29 AM PST by SamAdams76 (6,508,933 Truth | 87,456,907 Twitter)
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