Comments on: Modernist Eero Saarinen – Part 1.

By: Amy@AQ-V

Amy@AQ-V — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:06:12 +0000

Hi Ryan, thanks so much for sharing this! What a fantastic introduction to your new homeland, a great memory no doubt. I know you will be sharing this story with your son if you have not already. All the best to you and your family!
–Amy

By: RyanSF

RyanSF — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:24:02 +0000

I was 9 years old when I walked down the tunnel towards the main building of the TWA flight center. It was the first impression of my new home, NYC USA. It was a grand welcome stepping off the small space of what has been the grandest of airplanes the Boeing 747 into the vaulted curved structure of the flight center. I only recently, now 33 years later as I live my son’s childhood, began to re-imagine my own formative experiences and this single day is the most memorable in my recollection.

By: Hilda

Hilda — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:44:02 +0000

There is a special place in my heart for him and it’s wonderful that some of the pictures are by Eames. (I would have *loved* to have been a fly on the wall at that shoot).

By: Shelagh Chopra

Shelagh Chopra — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:19:35 +0000

Beautiful photos and a great post, I love your blog! Always liked him and oddly enough, he was my grandfather’s (no, not a famous architect himself!) roommate at Yale.

By: Laura@popdesign

Laura@popdesign — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:34:56 +0000

very impressive. So stylish and bold!

By: Amy@AQ-V

Amy@AQ-V — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:09:13 +0000

Eric, thanks for the comment! I agree, the Eames photography is pretty grand. And btw, that scene you speak of in “Catch Me if You Can” was actually filmed there in one of the old TWA arrival-departure tubes. :~)

By: eric

eric — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:57:09 +0000

wonderful post! i loved seeing the photographs from charles eames as well. the shot looking down the hallway, reminds me of one of my favorite scenes from the movie “catch me if you can”. this building encompass so well the whole “jet-set” feel of traveling in the early sixties!

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