Tuesday, November 15, 2011

R.I.P. Terminal 6


From Curbed:

A few days back we were administering the last rites to JFK's Terminal 6. And now, it is gone forever. I.M Pei's Sundrome got knocked down not long ago, leaving a modernist hole in both the airport and our hearts. Pretty sad day for all fans of modernism and architectural diversity in our major institutions. The new function for the site will be an extension of Terminal 5 and additional boarding gates and aircraft parking. Sigh.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

sad to see it go, but at least T5 was (mostly) saved.

I am all for saving true great modern works, but in an airport setting, i know thats hard to do.

Anonymous said...

Which one was this? What airline originally occupied it?

Gary the Agnostic said...

TWA

Anonymous said...

It was built and used for National Airlines first.

Anonymous said...

Kennedy Airport down to the name is flawed. It easily conjures up images of Soviet era architecture and service: bleek and more bleakness!