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====Carey's Hole==== [[File:Carey's Hole.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|alt=Diagram showing rooms and track in the terminal|1913 map showing the space beneath Carey's barbershop]] Another part of the basement is known as Carey's Hole. The two-story section is directly beneath the Shuttle Passage and adjacent spaces. In 1913, when the terminal opened, J. P. Carey opened a barbershop adjacent to and one level below the terminal's waiting room (now Vanderbilt Hall). Carey's business expanded to include a laundry service, shoe store, and [[haberdashery]]. In 1921, Carey also ran a limousine service using [[Packard]] cars, and in the 1930s, he added regular car and bus service to the city's airports as they opened. Carey would store his merchandise in an unfinished, underground area of the terminal, which railroad employees and maintenance staff began calling "Carey's Hole". The name has remained even as the space has been used for different purposes, including currently as a lounge and dormitory for railroad employees.<ref name=Careys-Hole-2010>{{cite web|title=General Engineering Consulting Feasibility Study for Redevelopment of Carey's Hole: Section 1: History of Carey's Hole|work=Beyer Blinder Belle|url=https://grandcentralterminal.app.box.com/s/z2mlivbdgn/file/750852164|date=November 29, 2010|access-date=January 20, 2018|archive-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422165247/https://grandcentralterminal.app.box.com/s/z2mlivbdgn/file/750852164|url-status=live}}</ref>
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