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Date NightSUMMIT One Vanderbilt
$25–$50Mirrored infinity rooms, glass skyboxes, and Midtown views from 1,000+ feet above Grand Central, one of NYC's most photographed observation decks.
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Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal is an attraction in New York, NY, part of the New York City guide. Cost: free.
89 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017 · New York, NY
Why you should go…
More than a train station, Grand Central is a 1913 Beaux-Arts masterpiece and one of New York's most visited landmarks. Look up at the Main Concourse's turquoise celestial ceiling painted with zodiac constellations, meet 'under the clock' at the four-faced opal timepiece atop the information booth, and test the Whispering Gallery's acoustics outside the century-old Oyster Bar. Grand Central Market and the lower-level dining concourse make it an easy, free Midtown stop.
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