Workers are almost done dismantling the 317 feet long, 23 feet wide stained-glass exterior to the American Airlines’ vacant Terminal 8 building. The red, blue and white wall, comprised of 900 panes of glass, was designed by artist Robert Sowers and was completed in 1960; at the time it was the world’s largest stained-glass window and the first to heavily incorporate stained glass in a secular building, an aesthetic that soon became fashionable. The 48-year-old......

Jaunted took a jaunt over to the new Terminal 5 (not the music venue) at JFK. The terminal, with design by Gensler, will house JetBlue and is set to open in September of this year. The original T5 was the Eero Saarinen-designed TWA terminal and will be incorporated into JetBlue's, which is set behind and connected to it (Jaunted notes that "airline reps say that at minimum there'll be check-in kiosks in the TWA......

+ Following the release of the Atlantic Yards' Final Environmental Impact Statement, Empire State Development Corporation head Charles Gargano says Madison Square Garden owners Jim and Charles Dolan may end up killing the Gehry-designed project. More FEIS digesting from Curbed. + Eero Saarinen's former TWA terminal is empty and the Port Authority is soliciting requests for proposals. To the dismay of a Municipal Art Society VIP. Check out the audio slide show. + The 1879......

JetBlue and the city made good on their deal last year, by celebrating the start of construction of a new terminal at JFK. And the new 26 gate terminal will be connected to the famous Terminal Five, long closed for air traffic, more recently the scene of some art debauchery. The new terminal will let JetBlue essentially double the number of their flights from JFK. Cool your jets for now (or use your working brakes!)......

The famed TWA Terminal at JFK designed by Eero Saarinen will be the venue for an art for the new few months. Before becoming a part of Jet Blue's terminals, Rachel K. Ward has curated a show, Terminal Five, which, according to the site, will "respond to the transitory nature of travel, architecture and contemporary art. Sculpture, installation, sound, performance and other media take place within the luggage carousels, ticket counters, VIP lounges, staircases and......

The airline media darling, Jet Blue, looks like it will be able to New York Region > JetBlue to Build New Terminal at Kennedy" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/05/nyregion/05jet.html">build a new terminal at JFK. Plus, it means that Terminal 5, the gorgeous Eero Saarinen-designed space that used to be the TWA terminal, will reopen, which comes after what must be at least months of negotiation for the Port Authority. The NY Times reports that the Port Authority "struck a......

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The beautiful Eero Saarinen designed TWA terminals at J.F.K. Airport, closed two years ago when TWA closed, may be repoening, with Jet Blue operating out of it. The Times reports that Jet Blue would build a terminal behind the Saarien building, and the two buildings would be linked together by tunnels, last seen in Catch Me If You Can. However enthusiastic JetBlue, the Municipal Art Society (who believes that the buliding's future lies best as......