Editing Grand Central Terminal (section)

==== Former theatre ====
[[File:GCT Central Cellars 3.jpg|thumb|alt=Crowded room of a wine and liquor store|Central Cellars interior; the theater projection window is at the top left]]
One of the retail areas of the Graybar Passage, currently occupied by wine-and-liquor store Central Cellars, was formerly the Grand Central Theatre or Terminal Newsreel Theatre.<ref name="Diehl" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://untappedcities.com/2015/04/24/the-lost-movie-theater-of-grand-central-terminal/|title=The Lost Movie Theater of Grand Central Terminal|last=Young|first=Michelle|date=April 24, 2015|website=Untapped Cities|access-date=December 20, 2018|archive-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230857/https://untappedcities.com/2015/04/24/the-lost-movie-theater-of-grand-central-terminal/|url-status=live}}</ref> Opened in 1937 with 25-cent admission, the theater showed short films, cartoons, and [[newsreel]]s<ref name="learn" /> from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.<ref name="RN pp. 177-178" /><ref name="McManus 1937" /> Designed by [[Tony Sarg]], it had 242 stadium-style seats and a standing-room section with armchairs. A small bar sat near the entrance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gothamist.com/2015/04/22/gct_theater.php|title=Did You Know There Used To Be A Movie Theater In Grand Central Terminal?|last=Carlson|first=Jen|date=April 22, 2015|website=Gothamist|access-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428195629/http://gothamist.com/2015/04/22/gct_theater.php|archive-date=April 28, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The theater's interior had simple pine walls spaced out to eliminate echos, along with an [[inglenook]], a fireplace, and an illuminated clock for the convenience of travelers. The walls of the lobby, dubbed the "appointment lounge", were covered with world maps; the ceiling had an astronomical mural painted by Sarg.<ref name="Diehl" /> ''The New York Times'' reported a cost of $125,000 for the theater's construction, which was attributed to construction of an elevator between the theater and the suburban concourse as well as air conditioning and apparatuses for people hard of hearing.<ref name="McManus 1937" />

The theater stopped showing newsreels by 1968<ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Robins|New York Transit Museum|2013|pp=179–180}}</ref> but continued operating until around 1979, when it was gutted for retail space.<ref name="RN pp. 177-178" /> A renovation in the early 2000s removed a false ceiling, revealing the theater's projection window and its astronomical mural, which proved similar in colors and style to the Main Concourse ceiling.<ref name="learn" />