22 AH SEPTEMBER 2019
Under the Constellation
A restored 1958 Lockheed
L-1649A is parked in front of
the TWA Hotel. The plane’s
interior has been transformed
into a cocktail lounge.Saarinen’s Swan Song
Finnish-American architect
Eero Saarinen designed the
futuristic thin-shell concrete
TWA Flight Center from 1955
to 1957. It was completed and
dedicated on May 28, 1962.
Sadly, Saarinen died the year
before its completion.STYLE