Early Proposals To Replace Grand Central Terminal
In 1954 New York Central Railroad began to look at proposed plans to replace the Grand Central Terminal. Early designs by William Zeckendorf and I. M. Pei included an ambitious 80-story, 4,800,000-square-foot (450,000 m2) tower that would be over 500 feet (150 m) taller than the Empire State Building. None of the early designs ever made it past the sketch phase and for the time being all plans to replace Grand Central Terminal were abandoned.
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