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Today, we play new music from the twin sister band, Tegan and Sara. We also get to know a teenager from Maryland who was a guest at the State of the Union gathering at the United States Capitol Tuesday. But first, we visit a famous New York City train station that is 100 years old this month. Grand Central Terminal Turns 100 A famous building in New York City is turning 100 years old this month. A year-long celebration is planned for Grand Central Terminal, which is usually called Grand Central station. Christopher Cruise tells us more about the sixth most-visited place in the world. The huge building has not changed much since it opened in February, 1913. About 750,000 people pass through Grand Central every day. Some just come to look at it, others to visit the stores. But most are there to catch the trains that enter and leave from the station. It is the largest train station in the world. There are 67 train tracks, all of them underground. The main part of the building has large, arched windows, a jeweled four-sided clock and ticket windows. Grand Central has been seen in many movies through the years. Dan Brucker is with the New York Transit Authority, which operates the station. “Grand Central is the kind of temple, cathedral, that testifies to the magnificence of rail transportation, the kind that God would have built if he’d had the money.” | 
