An early look at next week's cover, "Grand Central Terminal"

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[CTyankee]

1. That beautiful station. Great cover.

I used to commute from there years ago.

[MANative]

2. Me, too, until last week.

I already miss my colleagues, and if our business survives, it'll be months before we're together again.

[CTyankee]

3. Oh, I'm sorry what a loss!

Tell me, is the Oyster Bar still there?

[MANative]

5. Yup- honestly haven't been there in years, though!

There's a lot of reconstruction work at GCT these days - escalators, elevators, the whole food court, etc., and I'm always in a rush to catch my train! Haven't spent leisure time there in forever. I'm making a promise to myself to change that when things return to a semblance of normal.

Stay well, neighbor!

[CTyankee]

7. I used to take the Hudson train to Dobbs Ferry NY. Did so for many years. Love it.

If I got a good seat, I could look out on the river as we made the very quick journey. I loved that downtime after the stress of my job in Manhattan. Sometimes I would get a vodka tonic drink at the vendor who sold drinks right on the platforms. I guess that service is gone.

[MANative]

8. Yes, they eliminated the platform service about three years ago

You can still find beer and single-serve wine in a few of the convenience shops, though. I'm on the Harlem line - quicker and cheaper than New Haven from where I live, although there's a NH lines station within a mile of my house. It's that South Norwalk transfer that's a huge time-waster.

I get a lot of reading and writing done on my commute. Some people hate it; I love(d) it. Hope to be back in the city by autumn.

[CTyankee]

9. I don't remember a transfer but this was a long, long time ago when my kids were growing up and

I was still married to my first husband.

[Sanity Claws]

4. For people outside of NYC,

Grand Central is usually packed with people, not only on the floor depicted in this picture, but the floor below. You usually have to maneuver around tourists, who stand everywhere, taking photos of the terminal and their friends a few feet away. You also have to maneuver around people coming down the escalators from 200 Park Avenue directly into the terminal. Then you have to maneuver around people who are emptying out of trains that just arrived, while you try to get to your own platform.

It truly is chaotic there, especially during evening rush hours. To see it quiet like that picture is sad.

[MANative]

6. What a perfect description of the lovable chaos that is GCT!

And the tourists with selfie sticks - OMG!

[dalton99a]

10. Kick

(Wurts Bros. - Museum of the City of New York)