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The TWA Flight Center or Trans World Flight Center, opened in 1962 as the original terminal designed by Eero Saarinen for Trans World Airlines at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport. Although portions of the original complex have been demolished, the Saarinen-designed head house has been renovated and is partially encircled by a replacement terminal building, which was completed in 2008. Together, the old and new buildings comprise JetBlue Airways' JFK operations and are known collectively as Terminal 5 or simply T5. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates JFK Airport, had once intended the TWA Flight Center as a ceremonial entrance to the replacement terminal. However, the Port Authority has since announced plans to convert the original head house into a hotel, which will open in 2018; the building stands empty . Both the interior and the exterior were declared a New York City Landmark in 1994. In 2005, the terminal was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ==Design== Saarinen's original futuristic design featured a prominent wing-shaped thin shell roof over the headhouse, which was the main terminal; unusual tube-shaped departure-arrival corridors, originally wrapped in red carpet; and, critical to the spirit of the design,; expansive windows that highlighted departing and arriving jets. The concrete shell's evocative shape, which inspired Saarinen to develop special, curved edge ceramic tiles to conform to the curvilinear shapes, places the design into the categories of Futurist, Googie, and Fantastic architecture.〔 The terminal was also one of the first with enclosed passenger jetways,〔 closed circuit television, a central public address system, baggage carousels,〔 electronic schedule board and baggage scales, and the satellite clustering of gates away from the main terminal.〔 Food and beverage services included the Constellation Club, Lisbon Lounge, and Paris Café. However, as with many terminals designed before the advent of jumbo jets, increased passenger traffic and security issues, the design proved difficult to update as air travel evolved; terminal gates close to the street made centralized ticketing and security checkpoints difficult.〔 JFK was unusual in having company-owned and designed terminals. Terminals were built by Eastern Airlines and American Airlines while others carried the names of their airlines, including the Worldport of Pan American World Airways and the Sundrome of National Airlines. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「TWA Flight Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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