I finally used AirTrain at JFK. The stations aren't as clean and airy as Skylink but the service between long-term parking and the terminals is just as efficient as the sleek system in Dallas.

JFK is still a mess but the restoration of the landmark TWA terminal by JetBlue will be worth the inconvenience.


Designed by Eero Saarinen, the bird terminal opened on May 28, 1962 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

The interior was a continuously flowing surface of cast concrete. There were no sharp corners, no right angles, no dull flat ceilings. The building was topsy-turvy–on some places the walls swooped down to become floor, while other parts curved above our heads like ocean waves that were about to break yet were somehow frozen in place. Between the vaults were gaping ellipses of glass through which you might see a tail fin or a passing cloud. I was only twelve and knew nothing about architecture, but the pavilions at the world's fair seemed stodgy in comparison. This wasn't pretending to be the future; this was the future.

- Alastair Gordon, Naked Airport

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