1962
(the year the TWA terminal originally opened)
Spider-Man comic debuts
Barbie gets her first-ever Dream House
John Glenn orbits the Earth
Marilyn Monroe serenades President Kennedy
TWA
12 miles from Midtown Manhattan
1,600-person capacity in the event and conference center
10,000 projected daily customers
2,000+ artifacts accessioned for exhibition
440 uniform pieces and 43 TWA David Klein posters on display
JFK
1,300 flights daily
20,000 daily 3+ hour layovers
160,000 daily travelers
5th busiest airport in the U.S.
TWA Hotel by the numbers
12 miles of LED lighting
33 staircases
35 trades working on-site
52 subcontractors
174 firms working on the project
450+ construction workers per day
1,000 cu. yds. of concrete poured for
Connie’s “tarmac”
3,000 construction jobs created
20,000 sq. ft. of new penny tile installed
74,000 cu. ft. of sand donated by TWA Hotel to the National Park Service for Spring Creek Park
600,000 sq. ft. of project space