Old terminal at NY's JFK airport turned into hotel. Rooms start at $249

[underpants]

The TWA Hotel Turns an Abandoned Airport Terminal Into a Midcentury Dream

An abandoned airport terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport has been reborn as the TWA Hotel, a stylish stay channeling the jet age. While the once-groundbreaking Trans World Airlines ceased operations in 2001, and the terminal closed in October of that year, the luxe hotel pays homage to the original architecture of the 1962 building designed by architect Eero Saarinen.



"Restoring the TWA Hotel is a labor of love for our entire team," says Tyler Morse, CEO of MCR and MORSE Development. "We are counting down the days until the landmark building, dark since 2001, is filled with life again."

Come May 15th, the hotel will welcome travelers for long- or short-term stays—even just for a quick place to shower, catch up on emails, get in a bit of exercise, and nosh on gourmet eats before heading to the next stop. Reservations for the TWA Hotel open at noon EST on February 14, with room rates starting at $249.








https://www.dwell.com/article/twa-hotel-jfk-airport-eero-saarinen-open-for-reservations-d4ac1649

[elleng]

1. Love it!

But for the rate, I'd run up there; maybe will just to visit, as when it was built, high school friends and I drove over one night (pretty close to home,) and explored the place. Was exciting!

[lunatica]

4. I worked giving University of California Faculty travel reimbursements.

It’s not expensive at all for the New York Area.

[underpants]

8. Yeah that's why included that.

I wonder if they take government rates.

[George II]

10. Yes, that's pretty inexpensive for a NYC hotel, actually about average.

[Arazi]

24. The Chicago O'Hare Hilton (also right next to the terminals) starts at $240 as well

It's not nearly as cool looking either.

$240 for a big city hotel is on the low side in my experience

[Dave Starsky]

2. Here's a pic from back in the heyday.

[lapfog_1]

26. right out of "The Jetsons"

I swear the theme music started playing in my head as soon as I scrolled down to your picture.

[Dave Starsky]

27. I love that Space Age, "Googie" design of the early '60s.

Back when science and technology were exciting, every kid wanted to grow up to be an astronaut, and vaccines were considered by everyone to be a medical miracle.

Back before the modern Dark Ages.

[lpbk2713]

3. I remember going through there a couple of times.

It made me think of Tomorrowland at Disneyworld.

[CousinIT]

5. Very "Jetsons". n/t

[Demovictory9]

6. Yeah! Love it

[mcar]

7. Great use of old space!

[George II]

9. What a clever idea. I've been in that terminal a number of times. I always wondered ...

..what would happen to it after TWA went out of business.

If I recall, it was designated as a landmark by the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission.

[Glorfindel]

11. I'm so glad...we have lost so much that was great about America

The three best airlines (TWA, PanAm, and Eastern) among many other things. I'm glad they didn't just dynamite the glorious terminal building. Thanks, underpants, for sharing this story with us!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

14. Jet Blue showing class

It has always stood alone. A bird among the cages.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_Center?wprov=sfla1

"2016–2019: Conversion of head house into hotel

In April 2015, The Wall Street Journal reported that JetBlue and its partner, a hotel developer, were negotiating for the rights to turn the head house into a hotel. In July 2015, New York State governor Andrew Cuomo confirmed that the Saarinen building would be converted into the TWA Hotel, a new on-site hotel for the airport's passengers."

[brooklynite]

17. It had nothing to do with JetBlue. It was a Port Authority project

And FWIW, JetBlue tore down the I.M. Pei "Sundrome" (Terminal 6) despite an effort to also declare it a landmark.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

21. there, there.

I beg to differ...

https://skift.com/2015/09/21/jetblue-in-partnership-to-open-hotel-in-old-twa-terminal-at-jfk-airport/

https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/jetblue-terminal-5-306

[Kurt V.]

12. i find it quite beautiful

[SleeplessinSoCal]

15. It truly is beautiful. A classic.

It's a bird!
It's a terminal!
It's a hotel!

[fascisthunter]

13. So happy some can afford this

We little people sure as hell foot their bill, don’t we?

[brooklynite]

18. No you little people don't

It was a Port Authority project. The Port Authority receives no tax funding.

[USALiberal]

32. OK, we get it, you are not little people. nt

[cwydro]

29. It's not that expensive relatively speaking.

I’d love to stay there.

[Codeine]

31. Two fifty a night isn't that bad for a nice room

in a destination city.

[ToxMarz]

16. Thank god the trumps didn't get their paws on it.

[forgotmylogin]

19. All airports should have connected hotels.

That or "capsule hotels" like in Asia. They are space-efficient enclosed beds with a TV and electrical outlets for charging where travelers can rest and sleep safely for a couple of hours during a layover right within the terminal.

[brooklynite]

20. Eero Saarinen was the Frank Lloyd Wright of transportation facilities...

Beautiful design themes but functionally impractical (Take a look at all the stairs in the main building).

[winstars]

22. A nice quiet room???

[underpants]

23. That's why I included pics with the airplanes

Maybe they accounted for that. If they didn't that could be really noisy.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

25. blood red common areas with lots of sharp corners

Looks like you could castrate yourself on some of those sharp corners. Don't stumble or trip or you'll slice your skull open.

Lots of things are still designed for the machines that make them instead of the creatures who have to live with the sharp edges, corners and spikes.

[Dave Starsky]

28. I'm guessing that people who can't walk and chew gum...

Will probably stay away from it.

The rest of us won't have a problem with it.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

30. by all means, save the dumb designs

Let us not ever design to prevent easily preventable accidents. We must sharpen all edges and corners which can lacerate a toddler's head or adult's thigh.

Guardrails near places that present a fall hazard should also be removed -- they clutter the view. Let the people learn to watch their step. A few ambulance runs and they'll pay more attention.

[Codeine]

33. Or they're designed that way because they look beautiful

and are evocative of classic MCM styles. None of those furnishings or design elements look remotely dangerous.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

34. pretty as pictures; dangerous in function

I see sharp points and edges in several locations in that common, lounge area. Prediction: lawsuits.