Billed as an "urban explorer, historian, and storyteller" by the Grand Central Partnership, Justin Ferate offers tours around Grand Central Terminal and the surrounding Midtown district every Friday at 12.30 p.m. Guests are taken on a 90-minute tour around the Terminal, and they see the Chrysler Building and the News Building. There is no need to book in advance for the tours--just meet in the sculpture court at 120 Park Avenue (at East 42nd street), which can be accessed directly from Grand Central Station.
Leading tours every Wednesday at 12.30 p.m., the Municipal Arts Society give visitors a new perspective on the terminal and its history. After meeting at the information booth in the main concourse, you can be guided around the Terminal by the organization that helped save it from demolition. Tours last for 90 minutes and carry a suggested donation of $10 per person as of 2010.
If you don't feel like being led by a guide, take a free tour at your own speed. Grand Central's website offers visitors plenty of information to enable them to walk around on a self-guided tour. Starting at the clock, the site's tour will take you around the station, the Oyster Bar, the Kissing Room and the Whispering Gallery, giving more information about the decoration and the station's history.
