Former Terminal 3 - Worldport

USA / New York / Lawrence /
 airport terminal, historical layer / disappeared object
Terminal 3, was designed by Tippets, Abbett, McCarthy, Stratton Architects in 1960, was constructed for Pan American World Airways and was originally known as the Pan Am Terminal. In 1971 it was expanded and renamed as the "Pan Am Worldport". It is particularly famous for its "flying saucer" roof and noted for its rooftop parking facilities: upon its expansion in 1972, it was also briefly the world's largest airline terminal. Delta Air Lines purchased the terminal lease from failing Pan Am in 1991, and announced plans to demolish the terminal entirely in 2000, but later opted to refurbish the terminal instead. T3 has fourteen jetway equipped gates with two gates (Gates 11 & 18) being used as remote pads for Delta Connection Operations.

After operating Terminal 3 for over twenty years, the final Delta flight to depart the terminal pushed back from Gate 6 on May 23, 2013, after which the terminal formally ceased airline operations. Demolition officially began on June 23, 2013 and the majority of the structure was razed by the end of the year. Both Delta and the Port Authority have announced plans to utilize the land occupied by Terminal 3 as aircraft parking and staging areas for international flights, while Delta will expand Terminal 2 partially onto Terminal 3's former footprint.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldport_(Pan_Am)
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Coordinates:   40°38'23"N   73°47'10"W

Comments

  • Coca vs Pepsi, Beatles vs Stones, and Pan Am terminal vs TWA terminal, that's how us kids in the sixties in NY always opposed things. I was Pepsi, Beatles and Pan Am. For the latter mainly because Dad was always traveling and mainly on Pan Am and that my mother and I would accompany him to the airport. Beautiful terminal, beautiful memories.
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