COLLECTION NAME:
Design Library Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
NCSULIB~1~1
Design Library Image Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
174382
imageid
174382
Accession Number
false
Order Title:
Archivision Addition Module FIVE--6,102 images
orderdescription
Archivision Addition Module FIVE--6,102 images
Order Title
false
Type of View:
partialView
imagetitletype
partialView
Type of View
false
View Title:
south elevation
imagetitle
south elevation
View Title
false
Date of View:
6/22/1994
imagedate
6/22/1994
Date of View
false
Image description:
Outside the station, the clock in front of the Grand Central facade facing 42nd Street is surrounded by sculptures carved by the John Donnelly Company of Minerva, Hercules, and Mercury and designed by French sculptor Jules-Felix Coutan. At the time of its unveiling (1914) this trio considered to be the largest sculptural group in the world. It was 48 feet (14.6 m) high, the clock in the center having a circumference of 13 feet (4 m).
imagedescription
Outside the station, the clock in front of the Grand Central facade facing 42nd Street is surrounded by sculptures carved by the John Donnelly Company of Minerva, Hercules, and Mercury and designed by French sculptor Jules-Felix Coutan. At the time of its unveiling (1914) this trio considered to be the largest sculptural group in the world. It was 48 feet (14.6 m) high, the clock in the center having a circumference of 13 feet (4 m).
Image description
false
Image Rights:
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
imagerights
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image Rights
false
Source Institution:
Archivision, Inc.
sourceinstitution
Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution
false
Collection:
Addition Module FIVE
collection
Addition Module FIVE
Collection
false
Culture:
American
culture
American
Culture
false
Subject:
Zodiac
subject
Zodiac
Subject
false
Subject:
Restoration and conservation
subject
Restoration and conservation
Subject
false
Subject:
transportation
subject
transportation
Subject
false
Work Types:
Built Environment; transportation spaces; rail transportation structures ; railroad stations
worktypes
Built Environment; transportation spaces; rail transportation structures ; railroad stations
Work Types
false
Work Types:
buildings; transportation buildings; terminals (buildings); passenger terminals
worktypes
buildings; transportation buildings; terminals (buildings); passenger terminals
Work Types
false
Work Types:
Architecture; commercial / industrial structures; mixed-use developments
worktypes
Architecture; commercial / industrial structures; mixed-use developments
Work Types
false
Preferred Title:
Grand Central Terminal
worktitle
Grand Central Terminal
Preferred Title
false
Agent Display:
Reed & Stem (American architectural firm, founded ca. 1885); Warren & Wetmore (American architectural firm, 1898-1938)
workagentdisplay
Reed & Stem (American architectural firm, founded ca. 1885); Warren & Wetmore (American architectural firm, 1898-1938)
Agent Display
false
Date:
1903-1913 (creation)
workdatedisplay
1903-1913 (creation)
Date
false
Materials:
stone; glazed tile; plaster; Guastavino tile
workmaterialdisplay
stone; glazed tile; plaster; Guastavino tile
Materials
false
Technique:
construction (assembling)
worktechniquedisplay
construction (assembling)
Technique
false
Alternate Title:
Grand Central Station
titletext
Grand Central Station
Alternate Title
false
Locations:
New York, New York, United States
locations
New York, New York, United States
Locations
false
Location Type:
(site)
locationtype
(site)
Location Type
false
Style/Period:
Beaux-Arts
styleperiod
Beaux-Arts
Style/Period
false
Style/Period:
Twentieth century
styleperiod
Twentieth century
Style/Period
false
Classification:
Architecture
classificationterm
Architecture
Classification
false