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'Man On Wire' To Perform Grand Central Stunt?

Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Video, Grand-Central-Centennial, Peter Stangl, Grand Central Terminal, Philippe Petit, Man on Wire, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Grand Central Station, World Trade Center, Mta, Twin Towers, New York News

Famous French aerialist Philippe Petit could reprise a Grand Central Station stunt in honor of the landmark's centennial celebration next February. ...

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The Morning I Removed The Rings

Susan McCorkindale | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Borders Bankruptcy, Michael Jordan, Ford Mustang, Grief, Wedding Rings, Grand Central Station, Widow, Durango, Jewelry, Hl-Remembrance, Women News
Susan McCorkindale

I can't remember the exact date I took my wedding rings off, but I know it was sometime late last summer when I'd been a widow about four months.

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The Oscars Are Coming to Grand Central

Camilla Webster | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Academy Awards, Wall Street, Best Actor, Grand Central Station, The Oscars, Celebrity, New York City, Michael Douglas, Hollywood, New York News
Camilla Webster

For me, Grand Central is the last bastion of an American grandeur, when traveling was an elegant enterprise free from shoe checks and body scans. This month traveling through my favorite train station gets even better.

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Time to Make the Donuts

Jordana Zizmor | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: New Year's Resolutions, Crullers, Food News, Donuts, Chefs, Flex-Mussels, Restaurants, Pop Up Stores, Dessert, Flex Donuts, Food, Zac-Young, Grand Central Station, Pastry Chefs, New York, Zac Young, New York Donuts, Flex Mussels, New York Restaurants, New York Food, Food News
Jordana Zizmor

Now that most of us have broken our resolutions it's time to check out Flex Donuts, which is located in the dining level of Grand Central Station. Besides running Flex Donuts, Zac Young is the pastry chef at both locations of Flex Mussels.

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PHOTOS: Hidden Secrets Of Grand Central Terminal

Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Slideadbigshot, Video, Landmarks, Landmark Buildings, Grand Central Terminal, US Destinations, Historic Landmarks, Grand Central Station, Ctieis, Out of Office, Destinations, New York, New York City, Grand Central, Travel News

The first things visitors to New York's iconic Grand Central need to know is that it's not a train station. Because the massive train yard is the end ...

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Largest-Ever Apple Store Opening In Grand Central This Friday

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Apple, New York State Comptroller, Ny News, Grand Central Terminal, Largest Apple Store, Apple Store, Tom-Dinapoli, Grand Central Station, NY Real Estate, Video, New York News

One of New York's most iconic locations will soon be housing the largest-ever Apple store with the unveiling of the company's latest retail store in G...

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Apple To Build Its Largest Store Ever

The Huffington Post | Cooper Smith | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Iphone, Video, Nyc Apple Store, New Apple Store, Apple, Apple Store Grand Central, Apple Store, Apple Store New York, Grand Central Station, Apple Store NYC, Ipad, Apple Store Grand Central Nyc, Technology News

Apple is awaiting approval this week to build one of its largest stores ever in Grand Central Terminal's iconic main concourse, according to the Wall ...

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Review: My Morning Jacket "Unstaged," Plus Chatting with Erykah Badu and James Tormé

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Tom Blankenship, Bonnie Raitt, John Daversa, Funkadelic, Sarah Vaughn, Tracy Tormé, Steely Dan, Michel Legrand, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Montel Williams, Arcade Fire, Bo Koster, Carl Broemel, Chaka Khan, The Virginian, Jay Daversa, Ella Fitzgerald, My Morning Jacket, Run for Your Life, Marilyn Bergman, Elvis Costello, Alan Bergman, Mel Tormé, Terry Gilliam, Marty Paich, John Legen, Chuck Mitchell, Bill Holman, Patrick Hallahan, The Brand New Heavies, Gene Coye, John Lennon, Jamiroquai, June Christy, Pink Floyd, Jim James, Joni Mitchell, Justin Timberlake, Frank Sinatra, American Idol, The Palace Theater, Gene Roddenberry, The Ed Sullivan Show, Robert Goulet, Spike Lee, Ryan Cross, Kenny Ortega, Earth Wind and Fire, Star Trek, The Nat King Cole Show, David Paich, The James Taylor Quartet, David Lynch, James Tormé, Night Court, Fantasia, Duran Duran, The Velvet Fog, Before the Music Died, Incognito, Sugarland, Walt Disney, Carmen McRae, Majel Roddenberry, Erykah Badu, Todd Rundgren, The Roots, Barbra Streisand, Peggy Lee, The Lady and the Tramp, Tracy Niles, Brandon Coleman, Chuck Niles, The Doobie Brothers, Grand Central Station, Jimi Hendrix, Carl E.K. Johnson, James Taylor, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Louisville rocked on the cutting edge Tuesday, May 31st, when hometown heroes My Morning Jacket took the stage at The Palace Theater for a three hour performance for Unstaged: An Original Series From American Express.

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PHOTOS: 6 Hot Valentine's Ideas Across The Country

GloboMaestro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Morgan Library, Valentines Day, Santa Monica, Travel, Fairmont Miramar, Bowery Hotel, Aphrodisiac, The Plaza, Chocolate, Valentine's Day, Slidepollajax, Wine, San Francisco, Miami, Valentine's Day Gifts, The Plaza Hotel, Grand Central Terminal, Tandem, California Academy of Sciences, Valentine's Day Ideas, New York, Vosges Chocolates, Romantic, St Regis San Francisco, Biking, Sex, Travel News, Candles, Grand Central Station, Whispering Gallery, The Surrey, St Regis, Travel News
GloboMaestro

With Valentine's Day around the corner, GloboMaestro asked its insider experts to reveal their most romantic destination spots. From a "Sex and Scien...

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Zero Destruction

Norman MacAfee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Baths of Caracalla, Pennsylvania Station, Victory Theatre, Ballet Nacional De Cuba, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Climate Change, Charles Ives, Berliner Ensemble, The Death of the Forest, Grand Central Station, Vanessa Redgrave, Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts, Holyoke, Donald T. Sanders, Green News
Norman MacAfee

Perhaps someone who reads this will help me do the math on the environmental effects of pointless destruction. What are the effects on global warming of a policy of unthinking destruction?

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PHOTOGRAPHY: Colorama! Life As Documented In 'The World's Largest Photographs'

npr.org | By Claire O'Neill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Grand Central Station, Photographs, George Eastman House, Kodak, Colorama, Art Exhibitions, Art Exhibits, Arts News

It was probably the first time many of them had seen a Colorama transparency on display -- and at a whopping, glowing 18 feet high and 60 feet wide, i...

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Preserving Historic Preservation in New York City

Vin Cipolla | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Historic Preservation, Grand Central Station, Preservation, Mayor Bloomberg, Historic Districts, Grand Central Terminal, New York News
Vin Cipolla

New York became a leader in historic preservation following the demolition of the original Penn Station. Nearly 50 years later, a debate has emerged around whether the city is taking landmarks preservation too far.

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Rockefeller Center, Grand Central Were Other Terror Targets: Official

AP | TOM HAYS and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Faisal Shahzad Times Square, World Financial Center, Grand Central Station, Faisal Shahzad Times Square Bomber, Faisal Shahzad, Sikorsky, New York News

NEW YORK — While sequestered in a New York hotel room, the Times Square bomb suspect revealed he had thought about targeting other landmarks and...

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Band of Horses Surprise With Pop-Up Show at Grand Central Station (DOWNLOAD FREE MP3)

Will Winner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ben Bridwell, AOL Pop Up Series, Nycbeat, Aol, Band of Horses, Pop Up Show, Infinite Arms, Grand Central Station, Tyler Ramsey, New York, New York News
Will Winner

Last night at Grand Central Terminal, American indie rockers Band of Horses propelled hundreds of New Yorkers into their weekend with a free show ...

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Cop Caught Sleeping In Terrorist-Target Grand Central Station

Gothamist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manhattan, Grand Central Station, Nypd, New York, New York City, Cop Sleeping, New York Police Department, New York News

Not a good day for a drowsy NYPD officer assigned to monitor a subway platform under Grand Central Terminal. Yesterday morning a WPIX reporter was on ...

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Did She Say Yes? Did Scouting NY Readers Help a Guy Get Engaged?

Nick Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marriage Proposal, Marriage, Grand Central Station, Relationships, Scouting Ny, New York News
Nick Carr

A few weeks ago, I ran a post about a guy who emailed me for help in finding a unique New York location to propose to his girlfriend. Here's how it all went down.

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Grand Central Station: Rebranding An Icon

monocle.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manhattan, Rebranding Grand Central Station, Grand Central Station, New York City, New York, New York News

Former Young & Rubicam advertising executive Tracy Lanza has just joined the management team at New York's Grand Central Station. Her job: to rebrand ...

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Grand Central Station Briefly Shut Down, Creates Twitter Fury

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Central Station NYPD, Grand Central Station Shutdown, Terror, Police, Subway, Grand Central Station Shut Down, SWAT Team, Grand Central Station, Evactuation, New York News

UPDATE: All is well at Grand Central Station. It appears that all the commotion on Twitter was either a hoax or a big misunderstanding. ******* Unc...

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From the Grand Bazaar to New York's Grand Central

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Turkic Culture, Balkan Culture, Performing Arts at the Terminal, Istanbul, New York Film Academy, Turkish Cultural Center New York, Ottoman Janissary Band, New York, Blue Mosque, Modern Turkey, Grand Bazaar, Whirling Dervishes, Vanderbilt Hall, Bosporus, Turkish-American Business Improvement & Development Council, Turkish Arts & Crafts, Global Peace, Turkish Festival, Grand Central Station, Turkish Days in New York, Anatolian, Turkiye, Tabid, New York News
Jim Luce

The biggest Turkish Festival in the history of the U.S. -- "Turkish Days in New York" -- is now upon us. It is bringing the Grand Bazaar on the beaut...

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