who made the clock in grand central station
Henry Edward Bedford
title: Grand Central Terminal text: railroads and the near bankruptcy of New York City itself. The interior of Grand Central was dominated by huge billboard advertisements. The most famous was the giant Kodak Colorama photos that ran along the entire east side, installed in the 1950s, and the Westclox "Big Ben" clock over the south concourse. In 1975, Donald Trump bought the Commodore Hotel to the east of the terminal for $10 million and then worked out a deal with Jay Pritzker to transform it into one of the first Grand Hyatt hotels. Trump negotiated various tax breaks and, in the process, agreed to renovate title: Grand Central Terminal text: The ceiling is elaborately decorated with an astronomical mural, conceived in 1912 by Warren and Helleu, and executed by James Monroe Hewlett and Charles Basing of Hewlett-Basing Studio, with Helleu consulting. Corps of astronomers and painting assistants worked with Hewlett and Basing. The original ceiling was replaced in the late 1930s to correct falling plaster. By the 1940s, the ceiling had grown moldy because of a lack of maintenance. In 1944, New York Central covered the original ceiling with boards and painted an imitation mural over these boards. There is a small dark circle amid the stars above the image title: Grand Central Terminal text: often called opal glass or milk glass), though urban legend has it that the faces are made of opal and that Sotheby's and Christie's have estimated their value to be between $10 million and $20 million. The clock was restored in the 1950s. A "New York Times" article from 1954 noted that the faces each had diameters of , and that there was a "secret" door within the marble and brass pagoda, which concealed a spiral staircase leading to the lower-level information booth. The upper-level tracks are reached from the Main Concourse or from various hallways and passages branching off title: Sylvan Shemitz text: Sylvan Shemitz Sylvan R. Shemitz (April 18, 1925 New Haven, CT – July 5, 2007 Long Island Sound), known simply to friends as Sy, was an American lighting designer best known for his work on Grand Central Terminal in New York City and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. Shemitz was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1925 from a family of Ukrainian Jews. His aunts and uncles included attorney Reuben Shemitz and artist Esther Shemitz; his cousins included attorney Nathan Levine. Shemitz served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He went on to complete his education title: Grand Central Terminal text: for maintenance. The ticket booths are located in the Main Concourse, although many have been closed or repurposed since the introduction of ticket vending machines. The concourse's large American flag was first hung inside a few days after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. The eighteen-sided main information booth is in the center of the concourse. The four-faced brass clock on top of the information booth, perhaps the most recognizable icon of Grand Central, was designed by Henry Edward Bedford and cast in Waterbury, Connecticut. Each of the four clock faces is made from opalescent glass (now