i assumed it was new york state or metro-north or the nta. it's a guy who never played with electric trains, was not invited to the grand central centennial gala because he was so scared. but he brought from his successor to the penn central ring road his company midtown trackage ventures bought ground -- grandson of brought one or six miles of track and leases it to metro-north. it's about a 200 year lease they don't have to worry. but metro-north has an option to buy the terminal in 2018 and probably will do that. metro-north-based two-and-a-half million dollars in rent to this man, andrew penson, a publicity shy owner, and they say that doesn't sound like him -- like very much but the fact is metro-north also agreed to take over all of the environmental liabilities which were considerable for an industrial era railroad like the new york central was. the whispering gallery. i always thought this was one of those urban legends, something people just make a. if you stand outside the oyster bar, and you can see people doing this, it's all litt