The Metropolitan Airport : JFK International and Modern New York /

John F. Kennedy International Airport is one of New York City's most successful and influential redevelopment projects. Built and defined by outsize personalities--Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, famed urban planner Robert Moses, and Port Authority Executive Director Austin Tobin among them--JFK was...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bloom, Nicholas Dagen, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : PENN/University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
John F. Kennedy International Airport.
John F. Kennedy International Airport > History.
Regional planning.
International airports.
City planning.
Amenagement du territoire > New York, Agglomeration de > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Aeroports internationaux > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Regional planning > New York Metropolitan Area > History > 20th century.
City planning > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
International airports > New York (State) > New York > History.
New York (Etats-Unis)
John F. Kennedy International Airport
New York (State) > New York Metropolitan Area.
New York (State) > New York.
New York, Agglomeration de > Histoire > 20e siecle.
New York Metropolitan Area > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From idlewild to New York international
  • Terminal city's suburban form
  • How the other half waits
  • Neighborhood battles
  • Decline and disorder
  • Resilience of a global hub
  • Reappraisal.

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