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December 6, 2017

Beauty Fades

Grand Central had been spared the wrecking ball, but was far from saved.  After decades of deferred maintenance, the building was crumbling. The roof leaked; stonework was chipping away; structural steel was rusted. Pollution and dirt had stained surfaces; commercial intrusions, like the Kodak sign and the Newsweek clock, blocked out natural light.