TWA Flight Center
"TWA Flight Center was the original name for the Eero Saarinen designed Terminal 5 at Idlewild Airport — later called John F. Kennedy International Airport — for Trans World Airlines. The terminal had a futuristic air; The interior had wide glass windows that opened onto parked TWA jets; departing passengers would walk to planes through round, red-carpeted tubes.
Design of the terminal was awarded to Detroit-based Eero Saarinen and Associates. It was completed in 1962 and is the airport's most famous landmark (as well as being a National Historic Landmark).
Following American Airlines' buyout of TWA in 2001, Terminal 5 went out of service.
Saarinen's terminal for TWA is sculpted as a symbol of flight ."
Read MoreDesign of the terminal was awarded to Detroit-based Eero Saarinen and Associates. It was completed in 1962 and is the airport's most famous landmark (as well as being a National Historic Landmark).
Following American Airlines' buyout of TWA in 2001, Terminal 5 went out of service.
Saarinen's terminal for TWA is sculpted as a symbol of flight ."
