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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