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JFK Airport/JFK Anniversary

Opened as New York International Airport in 1948, was commonly known as Idlewild Airport.
Following the tragic assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963, the airport
was renamed JFK Airport a month later.

Given this is the 100th anniversary of President Kennedy's birth, signs at this global transportation portal commemorate its namesake.

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Old TWA Terminal to Become NEW TWA Hotel

The iconic TWA Terminal at New York's JFK International Airport
closed since 2001, stands as a silent reminder of air travel in another age.
The Terminal was a busy hub for TWA's domestic and European flights.



Trans World Airlines (TWA) , the building's owner ceased operations in 2001.

Now the  modernistic Terminal built in 1962 by renown Finnish architect Eero Saarinen,
ushering in the jet age, will soon reopen in 2018 as the TWA Hotel.
The Terminal was closed for fifteen years  but the facility stood alongside Jet Blue's expanding operations.

Yet, fortunately the facility was given NYC Landmark status and later listed on the Register of Historic Place, so the building avoided being demolished.

Foresight and entrepreneurship is working to restore the building to a 505 room full service hotel.  The $285 million project is focused on providing 40,000 sq. feet of event/meeting space.
 

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European Union Commemorates Treaty of Rome


At a spectacular gala reception for the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, the European Union
celebrated in New York.

Here UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is seen with the EU UN Ambassador Joao Vale de Almeida . Both the UN SG and Ambassador are from Portugal.

The reception at the Italian Cultural Institute on Park Avenue was also attended by the EU's
Foreign Affairs Suprema Federica Mogherini who delivered uplifting remarks on the enduring importance of the multinational organization.