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where humanity briefly pools before scattering, dragging luggage and existential dread alike
means A large open space where crowds gather and pass through, especially in a transit hub like an airport or train station.
from From Latin 'concursus,' a running together, built from 'con-' (together) and 'currere' (to run) — the same 'currere' that gives us 'current,' 'course,' and 'occur.' It entered English through Old French, first meaning simply a crowd flowing into one place; only later did it settle into the architectural sense of the hall built to hold all that running-together.
- latin root
- from concurrere, meaning to run together
- grand central
- its main concourse spans 275 feet long
- ceiling trick
- Grand Central's stars are painted backwards
- software too
- a CI tool was named Concourse
- airport spine
- concourses radiate from terminals like fingers
grand central terminal — main concourse in manhattan, 48,000 commuters daily
union station washington dc — roman-inspired concourse, largest in western hemisphere
gare de lyon paris — belle époque concourse with ornate barrel vault ceiling