I just took what may be the best (legal) hacker tourism tour I've ever had, backstage at Grand Central Terminal.
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Grand Central terminal is one of NYC's most magnificent public spaces.
@SteveBellovin and I took a backstage tour.pic.twitter.com/5tHVhFPLTH
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Rotary converters, only decommissioned in 1992, in a sub-basement 13 stories below the street.pic.twitter.com/Si2jq4YUg5
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A "computer" built in 1913 recorded locations of trains on pen registers.pic.twitter.com/PI2X0LQhVw
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This was FDR's private railcar (for him and and his limo), now decaying on track 64, below the Waldorf-Astoria.pic.twitter.com/EhbmpoFnsl
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There's a "secret" platform and elevator up the hotel adjacent to track 61, where the railcar would be parked during presidential visits.
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But at least some of it was low enough it would have been flooded?
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Grand Central is roughly in the center of manhattan, far enough from the edges that I guess the storm surge wasn't an issue.
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Fair, I was thinking subway damage, not trains.
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Replying to @emptywheel
No, the water didn't make to the subway area, although the subway was closed in anticipation.
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