TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/TWA_Flight_Center_at_JFK_Airport
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:airport
gptkb:historic_building
gptkbp:addedTo gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkb:New_York_City_Landmarks_Preservation_Commission
gptkbp:address gptkb:Terminal_5,_JFK_Airport,_Queens,_NY_11430
gptkbp:closedAsTerminal 2001
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentUse gptkb:TWA_Hotel
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Eero_Saarinen
gptkbp:features sweeping concrete shell roof
tube-shaped departure and arrival corridors
gptkbp:heritageStatus New York City designated landmark
listed on National Register of Historic Places
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Queens
gptkbp:notableFor iconic mid-century modern design
association with the Jet Age
gptkbp:opened 1962
gptkbp:originallyBuiltAs gptkb:Trans_World_Airlines
gptkbp:renovated 2019
gptkbp:reopened 2019
gptkbp:significantEvent served as TWA's main terminal until 2001
site of TWA Hotel grand opening in 2019
gptkbp:style gptkb:Googie_architecture
gptkb:Mid-century_modern
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Trans_World_Airlines_(TWA)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7