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Posted by italianstallion on Tue Mar 20 19:16:35 2012 The famous train terminal will get a new restaurant in Vanderbilt Hall, a renovated 42nd Street entrance and a historic train exhibit, officials announced Tuesday.The festivities will kick off Feb. 1, 2013, 100 years to the day after the landmarked building opened and the first train departed. A new logo featuring the terminal's famous clock atop the information booth was also unveiled Tuesday. The hands are positioned at 7:13—which is 19:13 in military time, to honor the year in which the building opened. * * * The MTA also has big plans for Vanderbilt Hall, by the 42nd Street entrance. The real estate division will put out a request for proposals in the coming weeks for a restaurant operator to open a café there. It would occupy about 20% of the enormous two-sided hall, where special events are staged and the annual, monthlong holiday market takes place. The plan also involves improving Vanderbilt Hall's utilization, now currently occupied by various events and exhibits only two-thirds of the year. “We will repurpose Vanderbilt Hall, adding more arts and culture programs, maybe even poetry readings,” said Rande Fleischer, senior director of business development of Metro North and a key staff leader on the centennial project. The 42nd Street entrance's foyer will also get a major facelift, starting next spring, to make it more elegant. In addition, the New York Transit Museum will curate five exhibitions throughout the year, including a rare public display in May of historic train cars and activities centered on the history of railroading. |
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