Eero Saarinen's TWA terminal at JFK is a timeless tribute to flight. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is a soulless interstate bureacracy. Who do you think will win in a fight?

Manhattan Users' Guide is reporting on an effort to save the landmark from the tender mercies of the PA's upgrade plans. We can all help by making our objections known:

Please send letters protesting the needless damage the Port Authority is poised to commit. Say that you support the Municipal Art Society alternative, which preserves the entire building and function.

Letters should go to:

Ed Knoesel
Port Authority of NY & NJ
Aviation Department
225 Park Avenue South, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10003

and:

Philip Brito, Manager
NY Airports District Office
Federal Aviation Administration
600 Old Country Road, Suite 446
Garden City, New York 11530

with copies to:

Bernadette Castro, Commissioner
NY State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Agency Building 1, Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12238

Don Klima, Executive Director
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Old Post Office Building
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 809
Washington, D.C. 20004

If you've never had a chance to fly from the terminal, these pictures (from David Gallagher's very cool Lightningfield photoblog) give you some idea of the soaring, supple grace with which it conveys a sense of delight with travel.