2010-12-07
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photo 04:26:00
Pan Am’s terminal at JFK is hardly the only relic from the age before mass travel that’s passing. The Queens Building (pictured by A380spotter) at London’s Heathrow was demolished over the last year to make way for an expansion of Terminal 2.
One point about that particular building is that it hosted an observation deck:
On its roof were gardens and a viewing platform, which in 1956 became one of London’s most visited attractions. At one stage it attracted more visitors than Windsor Castle, Madame Tussauds and the Tower of London.
(Previously.)
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photo 04:16:43
The PanAm Worldport, a terminal at JFK (built when it was still Idlewild, at the dawn of the jet age). Sadly, it’s being demolished:
The plan would entail the demolition of the smaller terminal, the PanAm Worldport, an architectural symbol of the 1960s jet age that has nevertheless been described as a blight on the airport by passengers and airline executives alike.
Delta has long lamented the state of the Worldport, which it uses for many of its international flights, describing the space as unpleasant and unfit for its role as a gateway to the United States for international travelers.
