Spectacular Engineering New LIRR Terminal 150 Feet Below Manhattan NY - IMRAN™ I consider Manhattan, New York my forever American hometown for 36 years! I have always admired the feats of engineering that show up as literally countless skyscrapers and train tunnels upon tunnels under the granite foundation since more than a century. I have also been a Long Island Railroad (LIRR) user since 1993, literally years ago when I first found the spot to build my home on the NY South Shore beach in Suffolk. But those trains went from the old dilapidated Penn Station, under the landmark Madison Square Gardens. Grand Central Terminal is an architectural work of art. I often go there when in the area. But I only took subway trains because the other trains went north of New York City, and Long Island is to the East. After many years of incredible underground dogging and construction, plus the completion of a decades old planned tunnel, now I can take LIRR to Long Island from here too. I just didn’t have a chance to use it yet. I was in Manhattan last week to speak at a Future Of SaaS event at the world famous Rockefeller Center. After a great dinner hosted at world by the organizers, one of the attendees and I were chatting about technology when we realized we both were going to take the same LIRR train. He mentioned taking it from Grand Central and I said I hadn’t used it yet. So off we went. What an incredible experience. The train tracks are nearly 150 feet beneath the city. That is nearly 15 stories DEEP. That’s deeper than the tallest buildings in many cities. Imagine the marvel of engineering this is as I looked at the view from the escalator. it leads to the $12 Billion station that’s 350,000 square feet (33,000 square meters)! It took basically a century from idea to conception but what an amazing feat. I’ll post a video later. As you can tell, I ❤️ NY! © 2023 IMRAN™ #Architecture, #city, #citylife, #cityscape, #IMRAN, #landmark, #Manhattan, #NewYork, #NewYorkCity, #engineering, #GrandCentral, #LIRR, #TrainStation, #tunnel, #underground, #commuting, #transportation, #CivilEngineering, #MechanicalEngineering, #travel, #travelogue,Spectacular Engineering New LIRR Terminal 150 Feet Below Manhattan NY - IMRAN™ I consider Manhattan, New York my forever American hometown for 36 years! I have always admired the feats of engineering that show up as literally countless skyscrapers and train tunnels upon tunnels under the granite foundation since more than a century. I have also been a Long Island Railroad (LIRR) user since 1993, literally years ago when I first found the spot to build my home on the NY South Shore beach in Suffolk. But those trains went from the old dilapidated Penn Station, under the landmark Madison Square Gardens. Grand Central Terminal is an architectural work of art. I often go there when in the area. But I only took subway trains because the other trains went north of New York City, and Long Island is to the East. After many years of incredible underground dogging and construction, plus the completion of a decades old planned tunnel, now I can take LIRR to Long Island from here too. I just didn’t have a chance to use it yet. I was in Manhattan last week to speak at a Future Of SaaS event at the world famous Rockefeller Center. After a great dinner hosted at world by the organizers, one of the attendees and I were chatting about technology when we realized we both were going to take the same LIRR train. He mentioned taking it from Grand Central and I said I hadn’t used it yet. So off we went. What an incredible experience. The train tracks are nearly 150 feet beneath the city. That is nearly 15 stories DEEP. That’s deeper than the tallest buildings in many cities. Imagine the marvel of engineering this is as I looked at the view from the escalator. it leads to the $12 Billion station that’s 350,000 square feet (33,000 square meters)! It took basically a century from idea to conception but what an amazing feat. I’ll post a video later. As you can tell, I ❤️ NY! © 2023 IMRAN™ #Architecture, #city, #citylife, #cityscape, #IMRAN, #landmark, #Manhattan, #NewYork, #NewYorkCity, #engineering, #GrandCentral, #LIRR, #TrainStation, #tunnel, #underground, #commuting, #transportation, #CivilEngineering, #MechanicalEngineering, #travel, #travelogue,

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