Brownstoner

Queenswalk: Come Fly with TWA at JFK, Part 2

When the New York’s Municipal Airport opened in 1939, Trans World Airlines (TWA) was one of the first carriers to sign up for space on its runways. The airport was soon renamed LaGuardia Airport, and ...
Brownstoner

Port Authority Working on New Plans for the TWA Flight Center

A few weeks after the Port Authority announced that Andre Balazs wouldn’t develop a hotel at JFK Airport’s TWA Terminal, word is that something new is in the works. Queens Chronicle reports that Port ...
Fast Company

TWA terminal

Housed in Finnish architect Eero Saarinen’s landmarked 1962 TWA Flight Center at JFK International Airport, the forthcoming TWA Hotel is an homage to the midcentury era of Jet Age optimism—and blithe ...
The New York Times

For the Retro Design Lover on Your Gift List

Vulcain has created a desk clock that resembles the clock in the former TWA terminal — now the TWA Hotel — at Kennedy International Airport. By Robin Swithinbank When some restoration work was being ...
MarketWatch

‘This is one of the coolest places I’ve ever seen’: Splurge on a stayover — or grab a cocktail during a layover — at this nostalgic airport hotel

This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. It is my husband’s birthday weekend, and we are standing, awe-struck, in the retro-themed TWA Hotel at JFK Airport in New York City.
Untapped Cities

Untapped Mailbag: Asbestos at the TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport

In our behind-the-scenes look inside the TWA Flight Center last year, we focused on the architecture and preservation efforts for the landmarked building. One thing which was pointed out by a reader, ...