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Veronica:
First of all, thank you all so much for your input! Especially for the suggestion that my character might be visiting family in Connecticut. That twist actually ties up a loose plot point that I was struggling with and makes the whole story work better, I think.  :yay

I am setting money aside to attempt a trip to New York as soon as possible, but in the meantime, I'd like to keep working on this book. If one of you native New Yorkers could help me, I'd be most grateful!!

My question this time: If my main character was lost in Grand Central and trying to navigate by the constellations on the ceiling (the way he used to navigate by the stars while hiking in the mountains of Wyoming), which painted constellation would be above or near the passage he would need to take to get to the Metro-North train line to Connecticut?

I'm trying to remember details from my only trip to New York, and all this small-town girl can remember is that I felt awfully lost, standing in the giant room with that beautifully painted ceiling. I can't even find the dozens of pictures I took of the inside of Grand Central!!  I don't remember train tracks right there by where I was standing, so I'm assuming that I would have had to leave that area to actually get on a train. Of course, I was in Grand Central by accident in the first place (it was near my hotel and somehow I went into a wrong door and got hopelessly lost inside Grand Central before I found my way out again and found my way back to my hotel), so I wasn't actually looking for where the trains were when I was there. Maybe I was standing right next to the train tracks and didn't even notice... (Too bad I didn't know I was going to write this story at the time. I would have taken better notes!)

Stephen:
http://www.grandcentralterminal.com/index.cfm

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID031.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelmortolaphotography/3307741981/   I believe it is a Pegasus

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=grand%20central%20station

Here are some helpful links for you to look at

Veronica:
Stephen,

Thanks. I actually had all but the 2nd link you suggested already bookmarked. The pictures help, but they really aren't the same as being there in person. (Wish I didn't have to cancel my trip!!) In my hazy memory of the time I spent lost in Grand Central, I picture walking through an archway under the Pegasus constellation and turning left. I never saw any train tracks, so I have my character finding the Pegasus, walking through the archway and turning right... but after I wrote it, I started to wonder:
 * Is the Pegasus really over an archway that leads to another passage in Grand Central, or is it just that I remember the Pegasus constellation more clearly than the others, so that's where I focus my memory's attention?
 * Would you actually get anywhere near the tracks for any train, let alone a train headed to Connecticut, if you walked through the Pegasus arch and turned right?

lizstraw:

--- Quote from: HaroldU on June 24, 2012, 02:41 PM ---This conversation is reminding me of one of my favorite children's books--a book which happens to involve two children taking the New Haven line train into the city, to Grand Central, and then spending several days hiding at the Metropolitan Museum....

--- End quote ---

I think I know that book, I've read it many times! I have always wanted to try something like that! (until I my friend who is a curator showed me how well they lock up museums, big and small!)

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