Flight of fancy: The TWA Hotel

[@kitsonk717]

I was a flight attendant during this time period and I think this is a GREAT idea. I loved this building and I also remember when TWA shut down. Bravo Sir! Wish you the best!

[@frankdenardo8684]

Sheila Kitson this is on my bucket list.

[@jackjohnson7396]

Flight attendants were mostly hot then. Now forget about it. AARP & big now!

[@rubencohen2936]

Great they saved this piece of mid-century architecture and Design.

[@teresakelton5054]

I just love this show. It takes you away from the depressing regular news.

[@42042O]

Teresa Kelton me too. Hope you have a great day.

[@DeanRyanTV]

Looked like two twins interviewing eachother

[@celestialskye1]

Dean ~ I know, right! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@stevehofmaster7489]

I can't wait to stay there loved my TWA

[@stevehofmaster7489]

I can't wait to stay there loved my TWA

[@cittaromap4163]

Dean Ryan gay twin

[@rmknicks]

@@cittaromap4163 How do you know he's gay and why do you care?

[@triplanelover]

while a young pilot flying commuter airlines , we would park out where the Connie now sits...loved that building glad you good people restored it and have the Connie parked out front....I look forward to staying in the hotel

[@stevedow5842]

My first flight: March 1965 TWA New York to Madrid. I was 5 years old and remember it still. I'm now pushing 60!

[@123fe2]

Steve Dow i was 0.... damn dude you’re old 😂

[@wickedmcjagger7911]

@@123fe2 do not call a person old you'll feel it some day , imagine your son or your niece calling you old man

[@larryanderson8403]

I remember going into this terminal for the first time in August of 1962 when it was a new building, with my father to pick up my mother and brother on a flight from Los Angeles to New York. It was the summer before my senior year in high school. I was quite impressed and remember those sort of tubes with the red carpeting and the indirect lighting as you walk through them on your way to the airport gates. As an adult in the1970's and beyond took some TWA Flights into New York from California where I had relocated and the building still looked as wonderful as every. Glad it's getting a new life now and not torn down. It has an ageless look to it.

[@jamesjeffreyantiques643]

I was a TWA Flight Attendant, and was so proud to go to work out of this glorious building. I cannot wait to stay at your hotel.

[@ababacarrms290]

I love TWA when I travelled from NY to Geneva in 1994. I always love to search for NY Terminal 5 a fantastic architecture, can't erase it from my memory.

[@ron4501]

I remember flying on a TWA 747 from JFK to Madrid in first class. The upper deck was set up as a lounge and dining room. When dinner was ready, you went upstairs for cocktails and hors d' oeuvres before sitting down to a fabulous dinner. There were name cards on the tables. I sat next to the first lady of Spain who told me to come by the palace while I was visiting.

[@windstorm1000]

This owner is a building angel. Bless him for preserving with such love, funds and dedication. This iconic building is worth preserving.

[@EagleRockers]

I remember as a teenager only flying TWA when I went to visit my relatives in New York. Arriving at this terminal meant class, wealth and everything modern; at least for a boy in his teens. Great memories of this building!

[@TWATWA-qy4zn]

It was a pleasure.

[@klauspohl1142]

In 1976 I flew on the last Boing 707 TWA flight from Lisbon to JFK. We only had 20 passengers and at least 10 stewardesses! The best party I ever had, nobody wanted to leave the plane! I do so miss TWA and the whole flight experience in those days.

[@semsemeini7905]

I miss the 707. It was such a nice plane. I remember TWA was I think the first airline offering movies on board. It was a simple projector and a small screen in the front. The meals were always a delicious steak and a cheese cake. Then later they downgraded.

[@Z06ified]

I miss the 707 as well. I remember as a kid, that was the only plane where my ears didn’t block bad on take off and landing. Heck, I wouldn’t even be alive if it wasn’t for the 707 and an incredible TWA captain - my mother was on board one that was in a mid-air collision over CT, and landed safely, before I was born.

[@danverit783]

"Leading the way. TWA!." Never forget that catch iconic advert.

[@oltedders]

What a gem! The Jetsons come to life.

[@mikegehre570]

That's what I thought too. Spacely Sprockets. And Astro!

[@rubencohen2936]

How come we don't have flying cars yet ? Nobody knew that George Jetson was having an affair and Jane knew about it.

[@oltedders]

@@rubencohen2936 Was Rosy equipped with some features we didn't get to see?

[@OhLookItsJonBoy]

I remember walking by it in 2009 and it was really looking rough. Then, I had the chance to tour it for a few years for “Open House New York” from 2012-2014. Now I’m finally staying inside it this week.

[@purplecatconfetti3769]

OhLook I’ve got to ask what the cost is to stay there? I would really love to come and do a stay there.

[@Jdf2024]

​@@purplecatconfetti3769 You can stay overnight starting at about $215-$250 + taxes or you can book a day room ($139 for 10am-4pm, or 12pm-6pm)

[@j8ded]

can you please tell us how it was

[@jayski9410]

I have such fond memories of sitting in that sunken lounge and watching snow flakes fall on the ramp area outside while waiting for a commuter flight to take me upstate after flying home from the University of Miami on Christmas vacations during the 1970's. Thank you Tyler Morse for saving this work of art and all the memories that go with it, for so many of us. If only you had been around to save the old Penn Station in the 1960's.

[@davidzweiban5549]

I remember flying first class on TWA to Heathrow with my mother and with our TWA tote bags. They served prime rib from movable carts for dinner. And, when we got stuck in Heathrow's holding pattern behind the Concord (who ran low on fuel and unlike our Boeing plane had to divert to Gatwick lol). TWA was a wonderful airline.

[@ZeacorZeppelin]

My fist flight ever was at TWA and the terminal was and still is magical

[@gotrixiego5103]

So happy my dearly departed Dad's favorite airport won't be demolished. He traveled the world and back during his professional life. To him, no other terminal even came close.

[@Springbok314]

Recall TWA flight from there to Rome in early 98. Fascinating building and great to see it restored.

[@Joe-hx8mg]

I can't wait to make a reservation there. TWA was my favorite airline. Had many many wonderful transatlantic and domestic flights on it. The hotel will be busy it's right next to Terminal 5 where JetBlue is at JFK. Great location.

[@windstorm1000]

That's great! I'm goin!

[@JamesDavidWalley]

I went through that terminal a number of times in my childhood, and can practically remember every detail. Next time I get back to NYC, I know where I'm staying, at least for one night.

[@bobshaw4063]

I remember flying out of the TWA terminal @ JFK . I use to have a TWA credit card . I really liked that airline . Glad the building survived w/o being knocked down by the wrecking ball . I think it's a really neat idea converting in to a hotel . I hope it's successful & not wind up going bankrupt .

[@josephtafur]

My Favorite Airport Terminal of all time, i have been follow this story since it was announced, i am excited for this, and i hope in the future to book a room and try it out.

[@frankdenardo8684]

Joseph Tafur I saw this in a documentary.

[@michaelprice7005]

For me, TWA and Pan Am will always be the top two. I was lucky to be able to fly them both a handful of times. When the journey was considered as important as the destination.

[@windstorm1000]

I like that. ' when the journey was as important as destination'

[@wonderglory]

I remember flying aboard TWA airplanes quite a few times with my brother and our mom. My most memorable flights were to, and from London, UK.

[@TWATWA-qy4zn]

Thank you.

[@transitdude3352]

Great...another thing to add to my already crowded bucket list!😀

[@davidh9844]

I was in the 3rd grade when the building was first announced, along with the start of jet flight. For a 9 year old, it couldn't get more exciting that that, not that I would ever get to fly in a jet or walk into a TWA lounge. Fast forward a few years, I went to see a college roommate off to his first trip to Israel, TWA 640 I believe. While waiting, for his flight, there was Sophia Loren filming, I have no idea what. But there she was, Sophia Loren, in the TWA terminal! And fast forward a few more years, I was catching a TWA charter flight to Italy, the start of my medical school training. Sophia wasn't there, but I recall the event like it was yesterday. TWA 707 charter to Chiampino Airport, Rome. And then many transatlantic flights, New York to Rome, to Milan, to Tel Aviv. The building, once inside is much smaller appearing than it seems in the videos. But man, what amazing memories I've got! Would I stay there for $300 a night? Much as I despise JFK and New York in general, answer: in a heart beat! And a drink in a Connie? Ya godda be kiddin' me! Sad that the competing PanAm terminal self destructed into a pile of leaking rubble. This is probably the best news coming out of New York since the British took Manhattan from the Dutch in 1664!

[@BradleySkaggsNYC]

I'll be there. One of Saarinen's greatest works. If not his best.

[@CarlCrumley]

My wife and I will be there. We booked a room as soon as they started taking bookings.

[@TheReelgrrl]

Please tell us how it is!!

[@nata3467]

TWA took me on my first trip abroad for a year in Italy ...I felt like I was flying first class because they treated you like you were first class. I rarely stay at these types of places but I may splurge. This is amazing.

[@Maltsky3773]

Beautiful. TWA was the iconic airline growing up. I look forward to seeing this someday.

[@michaelbracken5049]

Omg what a beautiful building

[@dianegenx]

In 1987, I went on my first flight to Europe with my French language high school class. On the way over, our luggage was lost so we all wore the same clothes for 10 days, washing them out in hotel sinks every night. But on our way home, I'll never forget the stewardesses' kindness in letting us high school girls come into the first class section for a while. They didn't have to do that. They were really kind.

[@eduardoramirezjr4403]

A time when flying was fun and people were elegantly dressed when traveling.

[@dme1016]

But dangerous. Hijacking was always a possibility. Consider that one could buy a ticket, in cash, last minute, without checked baggage, no id, go thru rudinentary "screening", and board with no problem. If ISIS or the Taliban had existed then, planes would've been dropping like bird poop.

[@Probanot]

D Me the thing about the countries hijack planes because it is simply too expensive to buy another plane. If a bus was too expensive, they would need id and others

[@jackmorrison7379]

If as claimed all the nasty stuff from the 1960's building (lead paint, asbestos) is gone, then this is a win, win. A famous design kept from the wreckers and a new hotel where needed. JFK had no on airport hotel until this. The nearest choices were dreary places right outside the airport in dicey locations.

[@cadicorniche]

As a kid, I would take the subway, and a bus, just to be able to sit in the main lobby of the terminal to watch the people and the planes go by. It was magic! I would wonder where people were going to and coming from. It was a place to let my imagination go wild.

[@mikegehre570]

They should do the same with that period structure landmark at LAX as well

[@sentientarugula2884]

@DJMinor5000 closed

[@samph3315]

My fiance and I are staying our first night in NYC there next week. We are so excitied and can't wait to check out the infinity pool! We splurged for a room with a runway view.

[@Jdf2024]

I'm staying there next week also and unfortunately it seems the rooftop pool won't be open yet. I asked over email and they wouldn't give me a hard date of when it would open. I'm not counting on it but I hope I at least get to go up there for a bit to take some photos.

[@LaylaSweetman]

Awesome!!!

[@Jupe367]

Wow, it is such a beautiful hotel.

[@kevinking5406]

I used to walk into this terminal as a kid. I'm glad they saved it.

[@sean5307]

TWA was a great airline in its day. I remember flying on 707's across the country. The service was five star all the way. I'm glad to see some of it is being saved. I'm going to stay at this hotel and relive some great travel memories.

[@kokoken1]

I remember flying TWA nonstop from St. Louis to Honolulu with two friends on Jan. 2, 2000. The Y2K "scare" was very real, and everyone was afraid to book flights. We said, "We'll go," and it was cheap. Once the myth was burst, prices went up again. LOL.

[@MS-37]

wkyken I can’t believe they flew nonstop between those two cities

[@fana406]

Oh yeah.

[@kokoken1]

Just fine. No problems at all.

[@CaToRi-]

This is time traveling!!! Love it 😍

[@theeyeinthesky3854]

That journalist is looking at himself but younger.amazing.he is looking at a mirror in his younger years but he didn't realized it.

[@mhdivito]

Haha yes! I thought the exact same.

[@darrenkelliott2459]

This just made the top of my to-do.

[@CEOdawg]

This is GREAT!! My wife and I actually stayed at the hotel in Miami International once. Definitely no where near as nice as this, but the concept can work! Now, we just need a reason to go to New York.

[@dougcargill6730]

I’m looking forward to visiting the next time I’m in NYC. Ive never been to the Flight Center, but I grew up going through Dulles all the time (another Saarinen building). A magical space.

[@erauprcwa]

I’ve stayed at this hotel. It’s amazing. You can feel the history when you walk into the terminal

[@ce9345]

I live in a city where TWA had a hub. It was sad to see that airline shut down. AA said they would make the city a hub. Never happened. Thankfully SWA stepped up and made a hub. Thank you southwest!

[@JOECANDELA22]

I was born in Queens in 1962 and I have great memories of seeing friends off at the TWA terminal and the friendly TWA employees giving my brother and me a courtesy ride on the golf carts they used to get around. this incredible terminal that looked like something out of the move "2001 Space Odyssey". I will definitely be going there when they open up.

[@timmmahhhh]

So happy I was able to go through once in 1989 as an architecture student travelling to Europe. While the architecture was enough entertainment in itself we had the added bonus of seeing BB King and his entourage walk through. A few classmates asked for his autograph and one had him autograph his leather jacket. I look forward to visiting the hotel and perhaps staying a night once my twins finish college.

[@misled1982]

Leading the way...TWA

[@purplecatconfetti3769]

Loving This . It has made me real happy to see an awesome positive change for the place.

[@jazzcat5950]

I want to stay there so much! I was there when I was nine years old on our way to Europe. Almost went a couple times but things didn't work out yet. Can't wait.

[@greensteelusallc7862]

As a young lad living in Rosedale New York my daddy used to work at TWA in and out all over that TWA building like it was my second home just smell the smell is like the best thing ever it's like rain to a hot pavement street it's just a familiar smell I'm so glad they turned it into something with other people can enjoy the excitement it gives me and many other people Hotel TWA where the finest memories of the world's best airlines out there

[@ricobhi]

My heart is filled knowing that iconic building didn't get demolished like it had been scheduled to be. I think I remember that JetBlue was going to knock it down

[@texgal3990]

Its pretty nice. a good place for people to enjoy while waiting for their flight

[@stbrian1861]

Such a Shame that the folks in charge of Grand Central Terminal went with Overly Bright LED Boards instead of taking the time to find the manufacturer of Solari Boards to maintain the historic charm & character of GCT.

[@ericjamieson]

LEDs are much less costly to maintain than Solari boards. Also the bright LEDs are easier for visually impaired people to read.

[@cjmarsh504]

Very timeless design

[@celestialskye1]

Wonderful memories of TWA. Taking my Dad to the airport, just going to people watch. Grand times! It shall always fly high. TWA GOT A BUM RAP! 💺❤💺❤💺❤

[@TWATWA-qy4zn]

Thank you.

[@cchris874]

"Arriving from Murmansk" I love it.

[@starlingwatch3921]

My father - Seymour "Sy" Cohen - flew Constellations ("Connies") for TWA based out of Rome in the 1940's. I can't wait to stay at the TWA Hotel! Also, finally the area around JFK will have a good hotel. -Frank

[@eddihaskell]

I remember my first First Class flight. It was TWA Royal Ambassador class (that is what it was called back in the 90's) from New York to Paris. The Flight Attendants would come by with glasses of champagne and canapes right after the flight took off and asked everyone how they would like to be addressed. I said "Your Royal Highness" would be fun! The Flight Attendant laughed and said that would be going too far, so we settled on first named basis of address. The good old days!

[@windstorm1000]

Fun! Elagance! Now its a bus with cookies!

[@ilovedisney35]

You also failed to mention that Eero Saarinen also designed Dulles airport outside of DC

[@johnwatson6082]

I am so happy the TWA Terminal at JFK was saved..I feared for it when the Pan Am Worldport was demolished but it seems they have found a very creative way to preserve a piece of aviation history and had the care to ensure the details were preserved too...wonderful job!

[@Beckala67]

Kris Van Cleave and that guest Tommy Fletcher look like brothers! The next time I connect through Idlewild, I'll book a night there!

[@stonew1927]

I thought the same! And they even have similar voices and look in their eyes! It was weirdly uncanny!

[@robertmasano4114]

Yet, not a single word on how instrumental JetBlue has been involved with this. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@MrFlyboy1313]

Brian Masano what does JetBlue have to do with it?

[@robertmasano4114]

It’s attached to their terminal where the previous gates once stood, funding for refurbishment, celebratory funding etc

[@CHUUMPASS]

beautiful ! good to see that this iconic unique landmark is being put to proper and good use again. will definitely add greatly to the region.

[@clausstimpfig3803]

I do wish all the best to that Project . What a Grand idea to reestablish the T.W.A. flight Center . I am so thankful Today the Grand Opening will take place, wish I could be there. Being from Europe and a former T.W.A. F/A out of their Berlin hub thumbs up

[@sirleighthamilton959]

I wouldn't be suprised if TWA Airlines came back.

[@rubencohen2936]

GREAT IDEA WITH EVERYTHING TO LOOK LIKE IT DID IN THE 1960S.

[@pamelasimsjones557]

Definitely on my bucket list! Bravo to all involved in restoring this iconic structure & then reimagining what it could be - or I should say, has become.

[@semsemeini7905]

My father used to fly TWA from Cairo to Rome and Geneva in the 1940s / 50s on the Constellation. Then in the 60s' we always flew TWA from Europe to New York on the 707 and 747, right up to the 80s'. In the 90s' I stopped flying with them because their planes were getting old and then they had that ghastly crash.

[@JJ_Skippy]

I’m staying there! Hopefully it lives up to my expectations!

[@beernpizzalover9035]

JJ Skippy Same here, mainly for the Connie!

[@kathrynwest1072]

the departure boards are magical in person

[@robertsontirado4478]

Young guy and reporter look the same.

[@Springbok314]

They def jam rented a room for a night together lol

[@jackjohnson7396]

Clones

[@Matt_from_Florida]

Dad!

[@seand2711]

@@Springbok314 I'd like to get in on that action.

[@tscooter22]

Back when I was a kid in the 70s, my clock radio had that style flipper display. Thinking of it now, I bet those could be collectables. This was a very entertaining video! Thank you!! Edited to add, this airport reminds me a LOT of Lambert Field St. Louis. That's where I've been living since I was born. TWA had a hub here and I really miss them! That almost killed Lambert when they left and there are still vacant corridors/gates because of it.

[@brockwetherlyrogers544]

Kris & Tommy got a room after this interview was over. Did you see how they were flirting with each other. lol

[@ericjamieson]

What a great project. I hope the hotel is successful.

[@michaelglass4701]

Love your video i live in Chicago and when TWA was in O'Hare , i loved to watch the beautiful 747-100, take off

[@p51mustangflyer3]

I'm more of a Pan Am fan and I honestly wish that the World Port was still around, but I have to say TWA was a great airline as well.

[@RedStickLouisiana]

Me too, I got to fly Pam Am a few times. Great logos and style.

[@simply_diecast_3349]

Never had a chance to fly on TWA but flew on Panamerican.. back in 1966 both of these airlines where the jet setting life.

[@michaeltaylor9977]

OMG! Another reason fro me to visit New York!!!

[@divox9pqr]

I can’t wait to book a room.

[@jamesdemestihas9904]

i recall it in the 60's ......it had birds that got in and couldnt get out. My first flight as a kid was TWA JFK to SFO

[@blue387]

It is Grand Central Terminal, not Grand Central Station

[@shuffleaccount1985]

Count me in !!!!!

[@gohdundee]

I am coming from CMH! I loved TWA. I wanted to fly a TWA Boeing 727. It didn't happen but I am a licensed commercial pilot.

[@JanaStambaughTejason]

Booking a room there!

[@transa0710]

I will definitely staying here someday

[@windstorm1000]

As will I. I don't care for modern hotels but will stay at this breathtaking futuristic 60s wonder.

[@jaesonlakim]

When I saw the facade of this building in a book, it inspired me to take up architecture. Wish I could pass the lisensure exam this Jan 2020💭

[@RedStickLouisiana]

Good luck!

[@Matt_from_Florida]

I just remember going through Saint Louis because it was a TWA hub. Since then I've never come near the place.

[@bbt305]

Pan Am I think of fancy and fun. Don’t know why. Maybe Eastern too!

[@lisakhan2926]

Just stayed there- very cool!

[@BruceMontgomeryTV]

Thank god for Tyler Morse and members of his MCR team for reclaiming Eero Saarinen's architecture landmark TWA Flight Center at JFK for future generations to cherish and experience the dawning of America's Jet Age! The Jetsons and Howard Hughes would Approve!

[@SubsWithNoVideos-jx5ip]

Most of the world: JFK is the sexiest airport in the world. Changi Airport: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@Sanpedranoazul]

Looooooovvvvvvveeeeeeeee iiitttttttt!!! Someday I`ll go!!!

[@starguy2718]

Good thing this iconic building was saved from the wrecking ball.

[@dme1016]

The original art-deco North Terminal at Newark Airport should've been preserved too. It's a parking lot now. It had much more 30's ambience, in less space, than this former terminal. And it wasn't so damn red!!!

[@sirald66]

I've held onto my TWA playing card deck that they used to hand out.

[@indreshbhardwaj2842]

Wonderfull architect design to hotel..