I live in simple, wonderful cinderbox house that is 50 years old this year and compared to the sad, depressing homes that were built since 1990, where you look at some one else’s box 13 feet away my house is is a work of art. Worldport is a work of art, and should be saved as art.

Mayor Goodman help create a small arts district downtown, very small stuff compared to the Worldport, and the old TWA terminal being saved, nevertheless these are wonderful things for future generations to appreciate. The 1950′s & 1960′s was an amazing time for the United States, to me, we peaked during this period, and have had trouble because we did not pay attention to lessons we should have learned. Buildings like Worldport shows the best in what we were hoping would happen, and it did, but our lack of understanding how important education and history are sad and means we have to relearn lessons of the 1960′s.

Buildings are positive proof to the world we were trying to be the best, and everyone from the port authority, Delta, and everyone that has allowed this tear down just says quality of life isn’t an issue, history doesn’t matter and future generations are just not work it. Can’t be saved, give me a break.

Just like the old Moulin Rouge that was talked about saving ever since I got here 13 years ago, no one cared. It wasn’t much to look at but it spoke millions of words why it existed. The Moulin Rouge in Las Vegas, to me, pointed out behavior of why there is a past we should be ashamed of, but at the same time, proud of America and Las Vegas because after being so wrong on an issue of human rights it was finally corrected.

Worldport, to me on a much grander scale was nothing but wonderful optimism, a can do spirit that is sadly lacking in government, business, schools, almost every walk of life. It was something you could see, feel, something built, not just a cloud in the sky.

Sadly when buildings like the Worldport are gone, or so messed up the beauty has all but almost impossible to see all that tells us is we care less and less about any quality of life.

Looking at old houses, no matter how the building has been underfunded in the maintenance area as long as it hasn’t been completely destroyed by too many trips to a home improvement store, there is always hope to bring that wonderful optimism back to life.

I was never lucky enough to get see JFK, so maybe Worldport was so messed up it did have too much “home improvement” done to it. Everything I have read says different, so the only consideration, money, nothing to do with quality of life, which we all know what happens when money is the only issue, in our cities, education systems, keeping jobs in America and choosing leaders in governemnt.

If we elect people who’s only real god is money, we get funny money and pay a terrible price for it, American started to pay for it just several months after Bill Clinton was no longer our president. Years ago I would have thought I was making too big of deal losing Worldport, not any more.

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http://allwaysny.com/2008/07/27/new-york-now-discussion-4/

David Plavin, consultant and former president, Airports Council International-North America, will discuss the challenges and creative potential for New York’s aviation system with leading airport experts including Richard Smyth, V.P., Jet Blue, who is in charge of the new JFK Jet Blue terminal that incorporates the landmark Eero Saarinen building; Charles Van Cook, P.E., V.P., PB World, who plans airports all over the world; William DeCota, Dir. of Aviation, Port Authority; and Jeff Zupan, Senior Fellow for Transportation, Regional Plan Association. Co-sponsored by the NY Building Congress, and the RPA.

New York Infrastructure: Are New York’s Airports Obsolete?
30 July 2008, 6:30 P.M.
Museum of the City of New York
1220 5th Avenue at 103rd Street
New York, NY 10029
(212) 534-1672, ext. 3395
http://www.mcny.org