Grand Central Terminal
Free to visitMidtown
North by Northwest, and the waltz in The Fisher King.
- Time there
- 30–45 min
- Best time
- Weekday rush hour, for the crowds
- Cost
- Free
- Good to know
- Try the whispering gallery outside the Oyster Bar: stand in opposite corners and whisper.
Filmed here
North by Northwest (1959)
Thornhill escapes the police through the terminal and slips onto the 20th Century Limited to Chicago.
The Fisher King (1991)
Parry follows Lydia through a rush-hour crowd that breaks into a waltz, shot in one night with extras and real commuters.
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