New York City's iconic Grand Central Terminal turns 100 today.
With its vaulted halls and beaux arts architecture, it's far from being a simple train station.
It's also the Big Apple's second-most popular tourist destination. Richard Roth went to celebrate there.
What time is the next train?
In North by Northwest, Cary Grant asked the question millions of passengers have posed since the majestic Grant Central Terminal opened 100 years ago.
Each day, 750,000 people pour through Grand Central.
What do you think, Grand Central, 100 years old?
I think it's fantastic.
We love Grand Central. It never looked better.
There is poetry in this place. It is a warm, inviting place for something as large and cathedral-like.
The construction of Grand Central paved the way for multi-levels of track service.
And soon the era of luxury train travel arrived.
But as plane travel soared and the railways ran into bankruptcy, Grand Central was nearly demolished.
A civic fight led by a former U.S. first lady helped save Grand Central.
If you destroy your past, something in people dies.
Now, in a New York minute, you can spot a wedding, a modeling shoot...
It's absolutely stunning.
...and a squash tournament.
You know, with these mysteries and things...
Tour guide Dan Brucker revealed the secrets of Grand Central.
Look up, people don't even notice a ceiling to mirror the constellation[s].
Move, move, chop, chop, in the corner, let's go!
Another secret is the whispering gallery on a lower level.
Even though I am standing 30 feet away from you, speaking in a low voice, you can probably hear every word I'm saying.
We are now descending into the deepest basement in New York City.
This sub-basement is not even on Grand Central maps and it hums with history.
This is the most top-secret location inside Grand Central Terminal, the M42. More than decades ago, troops stood guard to prevent attacks on the power system.
During the Second World War, there was a great fear,
well-founded that saboteurs, that Nazi spies, Nazi agents, would make their way down here.
Out front, the clock face has the world's largest example of Tiffany glass.
Though, people throughout history have told loved ones, "Meet me at the clock indoors, above the information booth."
During the last a hundred years, what's the most frequent question you get from passengers?
Oh, my God. Where's the Apple store?
The terminal can't run without train engineers.
Congratulations.
A smaller celebration for a veteran railman who guided his last train, concluding 36 years of service.
Today is my last day, but, yes, 100 years is really something.