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Grand Central Station - New York City, New York
The passageways were ramps so as to move large numbers of people with ease. Stairs would have hindered ingress and egress. This station was built for transcontinental travel but it also connects with the subway. The walls and ceilings were made of fireproof Guastavino tile. Guastavino In the US, he formulated the modern version of the tile and mortar building systems that had been used in Spain for centuries. In 1889, he worked with McKim, Mead & White on the Boston Public Library and founded Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company. Later he went to Asheville, NC to work on the Biltmore House. He liked the area and built a house there. In 1905 Guastavino built St. Lawrence Church in North Carolina with R.S. Smith; Gustavino's crypt is in the church. He developed the Guastavino Arch, which was used in the construction of the New York Subway. His essays on the subject of construction were published as 'Cohesive Construction.' He lectured extensively at architectural clubs in New York and Boston. Guastavino started factory production of his tiles in 1907 in Woburn, MA. His impact was profound. He designed interior and sometimes-exterior structures for 360 buildings in the New York area (240 of them in Manhattan), 100 in Boston, 30 in Pittsburg, and 20 in Philadelphia. Additionally, he designed buildings in 10 other countries. In New York City, his work is at Ellis Island, Grand Central Station, the old Pennsylvania Station (destroyed) Saint Patrick's Cathedral, St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University, the vaults beneath the 59th Street Bridge, the Cloisters, Grant's Tomb, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, and the City Hall subway station. His tiles form the walls in St. Bartholomew's Church and Temple Emanu-El, New York. His work in Washington, DC, includes the U.S. Supreme Court Building, National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and the Army War College. He also worked for the State Capitol in Lincoln, NE, and the Stock Exchange in San Francisco. On Raphael's death, his son Rafael Guastavino continued in the business, and the company finished its final contract in 1962 when the business closed. |