Brownstoner

Queenswalk: Come Fly with TWA to JFK, Part 3

The head of Trans World Airlines in the late 1950s, Ralph S. Damon, was a forward thinking visionary corporate leader, willing to take chances. For his company’s new world-class airline terminal at ...
Untapped Cities

Untapped Mailbag: How Can I Tour or Rent the TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport?

Michelle is the founder of Untapped New York and the author of The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland, Secret Brooklyn, Secret New York, and Broadway.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

First look inside the TWA Hotel at New York's JFK

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A party in southern Queens, an hour outside of Manhattan, might not sound like the hottest event in town. But when it's the ...
The New York Times

For the Retro Design Lover on Your Gift List

Vulcain has created a desk clock that resembles the clock in the former TWA terminal — now the TWA Hotel — at Kennedy International Airport. By Robin Swithinbank When some restoration work was being ...
Brownstoner

Queenswalk: Come Fly with TWA at JFK, Part 2

When the New York’s Municipal Airport opened in 1939, Trans World Airlines (TWA) was one of the first carriers to sign up for space on its runways. The airport was soon renamed LaGuardia Airport, and ...