Scribbles and Photos

I am not 100% clear on whether the Ambassador Lounge was all that much nicer than the downstairs waiting area when it comes to the TWA Flight Center.  Both had drop dead gorgeous views of the runways and tarmac back in the day.   During this year's Open House New York, the lounge was open to visitors when we first got there but they closed it down at some point -- making for one of the few empty spaces in the building. The Series Expedition TWA Flight Center Exit (Expedition TWA Flight Center) Kids and Architecture (Expedition TWA Flight Center) Fashion Shoot (Expedition TWA Flight Center) Bygone Era (Expedition TWA Flight Center)

When travel used to mean getting dressed up. The Series Expedition TWA Flight Center Exit (Expedition TWA Flight Center) Kids and Architecture (Expedition TWA Flight Center) Fashion Shoot (Expedition TWA Flight Center)

When a fashion photo shoot walks into your photo shoot (yes, I was happily trying to capture the two women sitting behind her), you just go with the flow. The Series Expedition TWA Flight Center Exit (Expedition TWA Flight Center) Kids and Architecture (Expedition TWA Flight Center)

There were a lot of photo shoots going on at the TWA Flight Center -- none more cute than this one. The Series Expedition TWA Flight Center Exit (Expedition TWA Flight Center)

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I knocked off a bucket list item yesterday -- visiting the TWA Flight Center that sits opposite the JetBlue terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport in Jamaica Queens.  It has been the object of my affections ever since I started standing in the cab line outside of the JetBlue terminal.  I just never seemed to be in NYC during Open House New York, a weekend where spaces that are typically not open to the public are open.  I just hope that Edgar Allen Poe can forgive me for jettisoning the plan to see his cottage up in the Bronx in favor of expedition TWA Flight Center with my friend Kate. Who knew that two people who aren't innately fond of crowds would spend three hours in a very crowded venue in order to be sure that we saw pretty much every inch of the spaces that were open to the public.  And some inches we saw twice.   Saarinen said that he sought to design   ‘…a building in which the architecture itself would express the drama and specialn...

I am still waiting for the day when mannequins are more reflective of real people ( That Place between Youth and Scattered Ashes ).  In the meantime, this hand is from the just ended China through the Looking Glass Costume Institute exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC ( Haute Couture Dreaming , More Fashion ) .   This particular dress was from a bygone era of westerners in China.  Hard to fathom the handwork that went into creating it.