2 Giants of Architecture to Study on a New York College Trip

New York, New York - so good they named it twice! For all those visiting the city to survey and appreciate it's overwhelming architecture, the phrase will hold doubly true. New York has long been recognised as a city with its own unique flair when it comes to design. Many a college trip has arrived in New York to study the construction skills and creative styles the city's builders have introduced over the decades. There are two architectural highlights in the Big Apple that simply should not be missed on your tour.

Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn New York

With a proud place as one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, the Brooklyn Bridge was completed in 1883 - which often comes as a surprise to students arriving on a college trip not expecting its sophisticated construction to have been so early. An iconic part of the New York skyline, the Brooklyn Bridge was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972. It's indubitably a favorite route - on the first day it was opened, it was crossed by 150,300 people.

2 Giants of Architecture to Study on a New York College Trip

At times, however, the bridge had population doubting its capabilities - a topic which makes for an engaging consider on a college trip. One week after the opening, a stampede was started by the rumour the bridge would collapse - a fear which was later dispelled by legendary circus scholar P.T. Barnum when he led a parade of 21 elephants over the bridge! The Brooklyn Bridge has seen its share of celebrities - President Ronald Reagan famously drove over the bridge on its 100th anniversary, in 1983.

Grand Central Terminal

Often referred to incorrectly as Grand Central hub (or shortened to a simpler 'Grand Central'), it was constructed in the romantic heyday of long-distance passenger trains, and built on a scale befitting its name - it is the largest railway hub in the world by its estimate of platforms, which total 44.

Despite its size, Grand Central was built with an eye for style and design, and has been home to many different exhibits, displays, and unique features over its long history. The ceiling, painted in 1930 to replace the original, offers a beautiful view of the constellations in the night sky. A engaging fact to point out on a college trip is that actually, the sky is backwards. One explanation is that the ceiling was based on a medieval manuscript that displayed the sky as it would appear to God, finding down upon the earth. More contemporary features have made an appearance as well. After public insecurity about Sputnik in 1957, the main concourse at Grand Central played host to an American Redstone Missile.

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