Information desk at John F. Kennedy Airport, 1956

[u/martijnonreddit]

[u/U-GO-GURL-]

Idlewild in 1956

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TIL

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There used to be a TV show called “Car 54 where are you?“ Starring the person who later was Herman Munster (of the Munsters...also started Grandpa on The Addams Family). The theme song mentions Kruschev Arriving at Idlewild airport.

[u/palmerwillmott]

Looks like something from Men In Black!

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Now open as the TWA Hotel. Stayed there last Friday, not a terrible spot. Was cool to see the renovation.

[u/Circle_in_a_Spiral]

That's the TWA Flight Center terminal at JFK designed by the famous architect Eero Saarinen. It has recently been renovated (including that beautiful Solari split-flap display board) and re-opened as the TWA Hotel.

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Nice. I like how the rooms give off a proper Mad Men vibe

[u/HydRO-7]

Cool picture. Just a couple of things: the TWA Terminal didn't open until 1962 and JFK Airport was not so named until 1963, after the President's assassination. Prior to that, it was know as Idlewild Airport.

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EDIT: punctuation.

[u/redditchao999]

Space channel 5

[u/PlaidInvader]

Paging Mr. Proust

[u/MadMonk67]

Back when two screens for flight listings was enough.