Grand Central Terminal

While I love New York in all seasons, the city puts on its best show at Christmastime!  I've decked out my Grand Central Terminal model with trees, wreaths and lights to celebrate the season.

In addition to the holiday decorations, I've made a few improvements to the model.  The facade now boasts a true clock face, and the statue of Mr. Vanderbuilt in the central arch is now a microscale Lego minifigure!

All four sides of the exterior now have sidewalks, roads, crosswalks and vehicles.  And the two formerly empty baseplate areas now are covered in snow and evergreens.

Last, but not least, I've installed a tile floor on the interior, matching the pattern of the actual building, and have installed a tiny button piece on the information booth for the famous 4-sided clock.

Thank you to all who have supported so far!  Happy Holidays to all!

Just wanted to share some photos of the real Grand Central Terminal side-by-side with my Lego version.

The front view, with the Park Avenue Viaduct in the foreground:

View from 42nd Street:

And a couple of interior views:

Thank you to everyone for all your support so far!  Over 750 votes and counting!!!  Please share & spread the word to help reach my goal of 10,000 supporters!

p.s. - For all you architecture fans, please also check out my LEGO Vanna Venturi house:

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/169503

I've made some recent updates to the model, filling up some of that blank grey space on the baseplate by including the surrounding streets, sidewalks, cars and the iconic NYC yellow taxi cabs.  More updates & photos to come soon!  

Thank you to everyone for your support so far!

Stories about the model have appeared in the following publications so far:

• The "Fresh Ideas" blog on brickset.com
• ArchDaily article: "19 Of Our Favorite User-Created Architecture LEGO Sets (Which You Can Vote Into Production)"
• Front page of the Arts & Leisure section of Hersham Acorn newspapers: "Architecture in a LEGO Key: Keith Olsen's Brick Work"
• DailyVoice feature: "Ridgefield Architect Builds Grand Central in Legos"
• Featured on 6sqft Daily Link Fix: "Grand Central gets the LEGO treatment"
• Untapped Cities article: "Architect Recreates Model of Grand Central Entirely Out of LEGO Bricks"
• The Bricks Hub article: "Are You Impressed By The Amount Of Details Packed into This Grand Central Terminal Build?"
• The model was also on display during LEGO Weekend (2/18-2/20) at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut (photo above), photos from which later appeared on #LEGOIdeasInTheWild on Twitter

Thank you again to all who have supported!!!  Please help spread the word!!!