TWA Hotel

TWA Hotel
The TWA Flight Center building, which will host the TWA Hotel
General information
Status Under construction
Town or city New York City
Country USA
Coordinates 40°38′45″N 73°46′40″W / 40.64576°N 73.77771°W / 40.64576; -73.77771Coordinates: 40°38′45″N 73°46′40″W / 40.64576°N 73.77771°W / 40.64576; -73.77771
Groundbreaking December 15, 2016 (2016-12-15)
Estimated completion 2019
Design and construction
Architecture firm Beyer Blinder Belle/Lubrano Ciavarra Architects
Other information
Number of rooms 512
Number of restaurants 6

TWA Hotel is a hotel under construction at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, United States. It utilizes the headhouse of the TWA Flight Center airline terminal, designed in 1962 by the architect Eero Saarinen. The TWA Hotel project will add two buildings on either side of the existing headhouse.

History

In 1994, the terminal was declared a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, which prevented its demolition. In 2005, the National Park Service listed it on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] The boarding gates were demolished when Terminal 5 occupied by JetBlue Airways was constructed.[2] 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.[3] In July 2015, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo confirmed that the Saarinen building would be converted into a new on-site hotel for the airport's passengers.[4]

Groundbreaking took place on December 15, 2016, in a ceremony attended by Governor Cuomo, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, and former employees of Trans World Airlines.[5] The hotel is expected to open in early 2019.[6]

Description

Morse Development is developing the site along with MCR, which operates middle-to-budget hotels in the United States. Upon opening, the hotel is expected to be the only hotel operating within the boundaries of JFK Airport.[6] Beyer Blinder Belle is the architectural firm responsible for renovating the terminal, while Lubrano Ciavarra Architects is the firm designing the two new buildings.[1][7]

The two buildings will contain a total of 512 rooms between them,[8] as well as a conference space, six to eight restaurants, and an aviation history museum.[1] There will also be a rooftop swimming pool and an observation deck with 10,000 square feet (930 m2) of floor space.[9][8] The developers have a 75-year lease with the state.[5] Many of the TWA Flight Center's original details, such as the custom ceramic floor tiles and the 486 variously-shaped window panels, are being replaced with replicas of the originals.[9][10] These details are intended to give the hotel a 1960s-era vibe, and include brass lighting, walnut-accented furnishings, and rotary phones. The hallways contain red carpeting, evocative of the color of the furniture in the original TWA lounge. However, the rooms would also contain modern amenities such as blackout curtains and multiple-pane soundproof windows.[10][8]

A sales office and exhibition center is located at One World Trade Center.[1] It is occasionally open to the public.[7] In April 2018, a model hotel room built inside a JFK Airport hangar was shown to the press. [11] That October, a Lockheed L-1649 Starliner was shipped to the hotel site for conversion into a barroom.[12][13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gannon, Devin (September 29, 2017). "New details about JFK's TWA Hotel revealed, on track to open in 18 months". 6sqft. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Gensler Designing Jet Blue Terminal at JFK Airport". Architectural Record, August 10, 2004.
  3. ↑ Karmin, Craig (April 14, 2015). "JetBlue Wants to Turn Former TWA Terminal Into Hotel". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ Governor's Press Office (July 27, 2015). "Governor Cuomo Unveils Vision for Transformative Redesign of LaGuardia Airport" (Press release). State of New York. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Plitt, Amy (December 15, 2016). "TWA Terminal hotel celebrates groundbreaking with a new rendering". Curbed NY. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  6. 1 2 Matthews, Karen (October 12, 2017). "Hotel at iconic TWA terminal will evoke glamour of jet age". USA TODAY. Retrieved December 26, 2017 – via Associated Press.
  7. 1 2 Plitt, Amy (September 29, 2017). "TWA Hotel unveils new renderings, retro-themed sales lounge". Curbed NY. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 Brown, Genevieve Shaw (April 17, 2018). "Step inside the brand new TWA hotel at JFK airport in New York City". ABC News. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  9. 1 2 Grabar, Henry (May 1, 2017). "Jet-Age Chic". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  10. 1 2 Plitt, Amy (April 17, 2018). "TWA Hotel's rooms will combine the best of '60s style: first look". Curbed NY. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  11. ↑ Plitt, Amy. "First look inside the TWA Hotel's sleek, midcentury-inspired rooms". Curbed. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Rare Lockheed plane in Auburn getting a new life – as a cocktail lounge". Press Herald. October 8, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Constellation jet gets a flat during journey to JFK - Lewiston Sun Journal". Lewiston Sun Journal. 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
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