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The facility opened in 1948 as New York International Airport [12] [13] [14] and was commonly known as Idlewild Airport. [15] Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport as a tribute to the 35th President of the United States.
3 Αυγ 2024 · In early 1948, the New York City Council changed the official name to New York International Airport, Anderson Field. However, much like five years ago, the new name didn’t get traction as the common name remained "Idlewild" until December 24, 1963.
Idlewild was a developer's name for a resort and later golf club on Jamaica Bay. It provided the unofficial name for the airport being planned in the 1940s, while the City Council and Mayor LaGuardia argued on what to call it.
25 Μαΐ 2017 · But its full, official name was New York International Airport, Anderson Field, named for Major General Alexander E. Anderson, a decorated World War I veteran and Queens businessman. Unfortunately Anderson had few proponents fighting to keep his name on the airport by 1963.
The New York City Council changed the name to New York International Airport, Anderson Field in 1948. The airport was also referred to as Idlewild Airport by locals until the official name change to John F. Kennedy International Airport in December 1963.
On the basis of a 1960 design competition, Pei was selected to design the multi-airline terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City. In 1964 he was also chosen to design the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library at Harvard University.
31 Ιουλ 2014 · Well, before it was called JFK, and even before it was called Idlewild, the airport was dedicated as the New York International Airport, Anderson Field. It was commonly called Idlewild Airport, given that it was built on the previous Idlewild Golf Course and resort in Jamaica Bay, beginning in 1942.
