Grand Central's Engineer: William J. Wilgus and the Planning of Modern Manhattan by Kurt C. Schlichting

Grand Central's Engineer: William J. Wilgus and the Planning of Modern Manhattan

Kurt C. Schlichting

276 pages first pub 2012 (view editions)

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Few people have had as profound an impact on the history of New York City as William J. Wilgus. As chief engineer of the New York Central Railroad, Wilgus conceived the Grand Central Terminal, the city's magnificent monument to America's Railway A...

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