Vintage JFK and La Guardia

[Sarcasticity]

Stupid to ask, but is that Liberty Park and its fountain still present today? I haven't been to any terminal of JFK but Terminal 4, and I must say these vintage shots are kinda sad to see. The airports then had glamour and style, which sadly is not that evident now. Even LGA was beautiful then, but now, it looks so outdated.

[desertpunk]

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They're pretty much gone (maybe a small patch of grass?). JFK has been made over so many times with expanded or replaced terminals, parking lots and ramps etc that vestiges of the grand old collection are scarce. A wonderful 1969 I.M.Pei terminal was just recently demolished.

A comparison:

JFK in 1962:

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Idlewild Airport / JFK Airport 1962 by avaloncm, on Flickr


JFK today:

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TWA Terminal 1966

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackievine/

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Idlewild Airport 1959

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050159 03 by Nick DeWolf Photo Archive, on Flickr

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050159 06 by Nick DeWolf Photo Archive, on Flickr

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050159 02 by Nick DeWolf Photo Archive, on Flickr

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050159 01 by Nick DeWolf Photo Archive, on Flickr

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050159 12 by Nick DeWolf Photo Archive, on Flickr

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050159 07 by Nick DeWolf Photo Archive, on Flickr

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050159 08 by Nick DeWolf Photo Archive, on Flickr

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050159 10 by Nick DeWolf Photo Archive, on Flickr

[-:UberMann:-]

Those buildings look like they came from the space age. Googie architecture is the term right? I'm pretty sure people were convinced that space tourism was going to be a reality soon.

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Originally Posted by -:UberMann:-

Those buildings look like they came from the space age. Googie architecture is the term right? I'm pretty sure people were convinced that space tourism was going to be a reality soon.

Yeah, it's called Googie after a chain of crazy looking coffee shops in Southern California. It really was the Jet Age that inspired these designs as the space program was yet to really take hold but there were later visions of space travel from conventional airports, many of which were fueled by the Space Shuttle early into its development.

Besides Concorde, the closest these airports ever got to space travel were the Finnair offices in Manhattan:

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1946: Military ATC-C54 on a drive at La Guardia


http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/foru...showtopic=8664

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JFK 1967

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JFK Airport, New York, 1967 by gbaku, on Flickr

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Fountain at JFK airport, 1967 by gbaku, on Flickr

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New York Airways helicopter at JFK airport after flying from the top of the Pan-Am building in downtown New York City 1967 by gbaku, on Flickr

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New York Airways helicopter shuttle (with cockpit door open) getting ready to fly from the top of the Pan-Am Building in downtown New York City to JFK Airport, 1967 by gbaku, on Flickr

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PH-DEA DC-8-63 by Irish251, on Flickr

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Really precious Pics！