AWESOME sequence with the commuters and the violin piece. Life imitates art.

I absolutely loved Morley's update on this story in 1999 on 60 Minutes II. I watched it over and over again. That was Giuliani and the 90's building boom - cleaned the whole city up, refurbished a bunch of places, put more cops on the street, etc.

This one building captures the entire American experience, from too to bottom. Great piece

These old stories are pretty good. I can only imagine what they deal with nowadays.

@PRHILL9696

2 ай бұрын

Its worse than ever. No way in hell would I go to a city that has to have the national guard protect me just to ride a subway, OMG that is insane!!!

how does this not have more views... this is great

@DJ_MARIANO

3 жыл бұрын

60 minutes is the best

I may not be where I want to be, but I’m very thankful I was never on the streets. So Sad💔

Well thank God the Grand Central Station is so much better now! I don't think I have ever seen homeless people up in the grand atrium though you can't really control who is in underground train platform.

CBS had its TV operations located in studios within Grand Central until the 60's. I am surprised that was not part of the story.

I had moved to NYC one year before and don’t remember it being so bad. I remember Penn being terrible. Anyhow, I love how the renovated station doesn’t rent restaurant space to chains. Only small bus8ness owners with a real gift for making food.

@tconlon251

4 жыл бұрын

There’s a Shake Shack by the Oyster Room

@DDELE7

3 жыл бұрын

When they renovated Grand Central a few years after this video they put on the second grand staircase (originally part of the architects plans but never built). Above the second stairwell leads to an Apple Store now.

Beautiful long standing architecture. A new meaning to protect and serve. God bless us 🇺🇸🎭😇

This was filmed almost 30 years ago. There are no longer any musicians nor any homeless at Grand Central Station. Still very busy, but there is very high security and half of the people that are there are tourists just to see the building... A different time , a different world.

@ScottyR66

5 жыл бұрын

No? There are regularly musicians in the Graybar Passage and the lower level. As far as the homeless, while they are not running rampant like they use to, there are still a fair share that are seen on a regular basis.

@jaysss5513

5 жыл бұрын

I was lamenting the loss of the musicians. NYC street musicians / performers are a treasure, IMHO... Unfortunately the homeless are a perennial problem that seem to move from one area to another.

@dcg509

4 жыл бұрын

Two words Apple Store

@NoNORADon911

3 жыл бұрын

Different world is right, its now named TERMINAL and suposedly always has been HAHAHA.....We are on a whacky ride friends.

@centredoorplugsthornton4112

Жыл бұрын

More like 40 years ago.

Back when 60 Minutes still produced profiles on film rather than videotape.

@jaybyrd3240

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! YES!

@mutestingray

Жыл бұрын

You can definitely tell the difference. Though, I honestly have a love for tape. It has a certain presence, reality. This filmed piece is beautiful but it’s like I’m watching an artistic interpretation of the story

I’ve been in Grand Central Station, and I travel to Tarrytown to Palisades Mall in Rockland County, it’s very good architecture and I had to run to the trains. It stayed.

1990 was not long before Amtrak shifted its Empire Corridor trains to Penn Station via a Westside track connection. When that took place Grand Central Terminal became strictly for commuters.

Where can I find the original version, 1988? Anyone in the universe know?

His voice isn't quite burned out from decades of cigarette smoking......but you can tell its getting there. At least you can't hear the rattling thick mucous

Now Grand Central has an LIRR station, Grand Central Madison - will it overtake Penn Station?

This Mandela effect debunked? Or have i found a wrinkle

@NoNORADon911

3 жыл бұрын

Its sureal man lol, wtf....so bizare..

@lngvly22

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t understand

@MattyP650

Жыл бұрын

Can you explain what you meant by this?

Needs better social housing for these poor people there are thousands of properties emptying in New York doing nothing. People get on the streets then they get hooked on drugs and alcohol a vicious circle, It's time the authorities did something about it and take care of the people are mentally ill and the destitute give them a chance in life and employees higher more homeless people. Maybe there should be a better organisation to help people instead of just giving them food what's wrong with the hostels?

@amandafevrier2638

5 жыл бұрын

Yup !

@anutaNYC

4 жыл бұрын

The mental institutions were closed by the 80’s they were bad, but that’s why you didn’t see so many mentally sick people on the streets, even if you give them housing some of them would not be able to survive if they have mental problems and drugs and alcohol is a huge problem too, you can’t solve it with just housing.

@mutestingray

Жыл бұрын

It’s been over 30 years since this was filmed. I wasn’t even born yet. But the problem never seems to get better. I’m not sure it ever will.

Rush Hour refreshments no longer exist nor do bar cars

Doing their jobs. New Yorkers at their best. Loved it.

That distinctive NY accent is dying by the second. So sad!

grand central station crossroads of a million private lives, remember !

Been like this since Jackie Onassis came to take over

Actually it's Grand Central Terminal Metro-North trains terminate at Grand Central no trains go beyond that point

Too bad they didn’t get the name right. It’s Grand Central Terminal

Penn Station was better but they tore it down.

@professorhineschoice

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree!

This segment turns 33 in 27 days (as of making this comment!)

Too bad they didn’t get the name right. It’s really the Grand Central terminal.

This was a few months before Amtrak gave Grand Central the finger and abandoned it. As both a black male and train buff, this video is depressing

@NoNORADon911

3 жыл бұрын

Grand Central Station is dead now and you wont see people in large groups and without mask again or cash soon. Whatever experiment we are in is having a ''great reset'' as the NWO calls and it will be to enslave all of us except for a small group at the top that wont have any restrictions. Unless we stop them..

@jaybyrd3240

3 жыл бұрын

How? As a black man what part upset you?

@keithmorgan411

Жыл бұрын

@@Leonard_Wilson And the largely white Grand Central Staff being entertained at lunch time with old movies featuring singing Black porters.

Today ticket windows are replaced with phone apps

Have you ever seen that Apollo statue on the roof standing on a clock? That probably makes the Jews furious even if he is watching out for them in reality!

I don’t understand the law. Today the homeless are allowed to lay on the floor

@dapperdonny4051

2 жыл бұрын

The US Supreme Court ruled loitering unconstitutional, many times. Loitering is only upheld on private property.