New departure: Landmark JFK terminal transformed into a retro-style hotel

Eero Saarinen’s landmark JFK terminal has been transformed into the new retro-styled TWA Hotel, writes Kya deLongchamps

If there's one thing that 21st-century security requirements inevitably grounded, it was the public observation decks overlooking the runways, once such an integral part of any international airport in the 1950s — Dublin and Cork included. Well, taking off in John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK), the most celebrated, surviving mid-century terminal of them all, now offers a nostalgic overnight stay with unimpeded views of arrivals and departures without a hint of roaring jet noise.