Grand Central Terminal's new security perimeter is finally taking shape. These bollards, which will eventually be outfitted in a faux-historic style befitting their address, will help protect the 1913 landmark from truck bombers. They are replacing the big, blocky and ugly barriers that have inelegantly eaten up sidewalk space since the 9/11 attacks. (Those who use them as a place to sit and chat, as these women did back in March, will miss them.) 
Still, anyone who rushes by Grand Central knows that the installation work couldn't finish soon enough. Pedestrian traffic is chaotic as people try to squeeze through the limited sidewalk space. Invariably, speed-minded people skirt the mess by walking on the road, with taxi cabs whizzing by just inches away. What's more, the work area, especially along Lexington Avenue, has become an unofficial garbage receptacle.
The project should be done by the fall. For more, check out this amNY article on the work.
-- Rolando Pujol
