Grand Central opened to the public on this day in 1913. Over the decades, the terminal's ceiling darkened through exposure to pollutants. Despite the ceiling being cleaned and restored in the mid-90s, a small dirt patch was left. Why?
On a visit to GCT earlier this month, we asked commuters coming through the main concourse if they knew about one of those secrets, hiding in plain sight.
On the constellation-filled ceiling of Grand Central's main concourse, there's a small dark patch at the edge where the mural and marble meet, in the northwest corner. That dark patch is an homage of sorts to this dirty ol' town—it was darkened through decades of exposure to a few pollutants, but mainly cigarette smoke. When the ceiling was finally cleaned in the mid-1990s, a decision was made to leave this small 9" x 18" rectangle untouched.
The cleaning was part of a major restoration, and took around two years . Years ago the MTA's Marjorie Anders told Gothamist,"The area was left untreated by the cleaning solutions so that future preservationists will be able to tell if those solutions [used for cleaning] had any impact on the ceiling materials themselves. This is common practice among restoration artists."
She added that not everyone was on board with the idea, however."It is a little known fact that many folks at the railroad did not want to leave a dirty patch," she said."They wanted it all cleaned. Because I was frequently up on the scaffold with journalists during the restoration work, I got to know the crew doing the cleaning. They wanted to leave a 4-foot by 8-foot section uncleaned. But the General Superintendent of GCT would have none of it.
During our recent visit, we met with George Monasterio, the director of Grand Central, who spoke more about the ceiling's dirty little secret. He explained that Simple Green and cotton rags were used, a cleaning solution that he says saved the railroad around $8 million, as it was the least expensive option and happened to work the best. Here's what else he had to say:dirty secret.
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