Editing Grand Central Terminal (section)

===Interior===
==== Main Concourse ====
{{main|Main Concourse|Grand Central Terminal art#Ceiling}}

The Main Concourse, on the terminal's upper platform level, is located in the geographical center of the station building. The cavernous concourse measures {{convert|275|ft|m|abbr=on}} long by {{convert|120|ft|m|abbr=on}} wide by {{convert|125|ft|m|abbr=on}} high;<ref name="Roberts2013" /><ref name="Roberts" /><ref>{{Solomon-New York Central}}</ref>{{rp|74}} a total of about {{convert|35000|sqft}}.<ref name="Susman" /> Its vastness was meant to evoke the terminal's "grand" status.<ref name="Schlichting p. 125" />

==== Iconography ====
[[File:GCT Main Concourse 3.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Decorative sculptured panel in the terminal's Main Concourse wall|Frieze displaying the terminal's original logo]]
Many parts of the terminal are adorned with sculpted oak leaves and acorns, nuts of the oak tree. Cornelius Vanderbilt chose the acorn as the symbol of the [[Vanderbilt family]], and adopted the saying "Great oaks from little acorns grow" as the family motto.<ref name="nyt20160407" /><ref name="Roberts" /> Among these decorations is a brass acorn [[finial]] atop the four-sided clock in the center of the Main Concourse.<ref name="Carlson 2015" /><ref name="learn" /> Other acorn or oak leaf decorations include carved wreaths under the Main Concourse's west stairs; sculptures above the [[lunette]]s in the Main Concourse; metalwork above the elevators; reliefs above the train gates; and the electric chandeliers in the Main Waiting Room and Main Concourse.<ref name="RN p. 93" /> These decorations were designed by Salières.<ref name="RN p. 93" />

The overlapping letters "G", "C", and "T" are sculpted into multiple places in the terminal, including in [[frieze]]s atop several windows above the terminal's ticket office. The symbol was designed with the "T" resembling an upside-down anchor, intended as a reference to Cornelius Vanderbilt's commercial beginnings in shipping and ferry businesses.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/nyregion/what-happened-to-the-big-armchairs-in-grand-central-terminal.html|title=What Happened to the Big Armchairs in Grand Central Terminal?|last=Pollak|first=Michael|date=February 13, 2015|newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331|access-date=December 26, 2018|archive-date=December 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227040830/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/nyregion/what-happened-to-the-big-armchairs-in-grand-central-terminal.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, the MTA based its new logo for the terminal on the engraved design; MTA officials said its black and gold colors have long been associated with the terminal. The [[Typeface anatomy#Terminals|spur]] of the letter "G" has a depiction of a [[railroad spike]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grandcentralterminal.com/2017/09/28/grand-centrals-new-logo/|title=Iconic Grand Central Terminal Unveils New Iconic Mark|date=September 28, 2017|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=December 15, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031046/https://www.grandcentralterminal.com/2017/09/28/grand-centrals-new-logo/|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2017 logo succeeded one created by the firm [[Pentagram (design firm)|Pentagram]] for the terminal's centennial in 2013. It depicted the Main Concourse's ball clock set to 7:13, or 19:13 using a [[24-hour clock]], referencing the terminal's completion in 1913. Both logos omit the word "terminal" in its name, in recognition to how most people refer to the building.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Work: Grand Central|publisher=Pentagram|url=https://new.pentagram.com/2012/03/new-work-grand-central/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223205043/https://new.pentagram.com/2012/03/new-work-grand-central/|archive-date=February 23, 2015|date=March 20, 2012|access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref>