Nostalgia in Air Terminal Design/Construction

Wow. I usually love old architecture, but those...don't do anything for me.

Reminds me of...dunno whatchacallem...where you queue up to board a roller coaster. Or an old seafood restaurant on a neglected wharf.
 
I'm hoping the plans unveiled last year for Harvey Young (1H6) to be renamed Douglas Memorial Airfield and put in $10M of improvements will come through. Here's a rendering of the art deco style terminal they want to build:

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The old Russian terminals are just that.... 80 year old wooden structures not well maintained. Decrepit is decrepit no mater how quaint the old design was. Not a big fan of early Soviet architecture.

Absolutely like retro design though. Wish it was done more here. I'm a sucker for nostalgia I guess.
 
SoonerAviator said:
I'm hoping the plans unveiled last year for Harvey Young (1H6) to be renamed Douglas Memorial Airfield and put in $10M of improvements will come through. Here's a rendering of the art deco style terminal they want to build:
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Love it. And they should require all carriers using it to operate only DC-3s. And none of those turbine conversions, either.
 
Massachusetts is funding a terminal rebuilding program. Doing away with the old wooden structures.
 
The old terminal at DCA is really cool. It's kind of under-utilized right now.
 
Pilawt said:
The old Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale CA still stands, though without an airport.
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pmanton said:
That's where I learned to fly 1954-55. I spent time in that tower visiting with the controller.
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Those were the days, huh? :) Heckuva place for airline ops, though -- 3800' runway in a narrow gap between high, rough terrain.

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