TWA Flight Center at JFK International Airport

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On October 16, 2011, OHNY hosted an open house at the TWA Flight Center at JFK.

The terminal was designed by Eero Saarinen and was in use by TWA between 1962 and 2001. In November, 2001, after American Airlines and TWA merged, the structure was abandoned and has remained vacant since then. Its inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places and designation as a New York City landmark saved it from demolition, and it is currently undergoing renovation.

May 28, 2012 marked the iconic structure's 50th anniversary.

jetBlue planned to use it as an alternate entrance to its new Terminal 5 constructed just behind it in 2008, into which the tunnels now lead. However, jetBlue rejected this proposal.

The Port Authority of NY and NJ has approved plans to restore the structure and incorporate it as part of a new hotel, but that would require major changes to the surrounding environment, which many preservationists are opposing.

Its next-door neighbor Terminal 6, designed by I.M. Pei and built in 1970 for National Airlines (later used by Pan Am, TWA and jetBlue) was demolished after much public opposition.

Sadly, Terminal 3, formerly the Pan Am Worldport, with its mid-century modern elliptical roof, built in 1961 was also demolished in 2013, despite a major preservation campaign and inclusion by the National Trust for Historic Preservation into the 2013 11-Most Endangered Places list.

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