Oh wow. I hadn’t seen (or perhaps noticed) that rendering before, showing the new T1 as well as the whole airport. It’s so much larger than it looks in the renderings that only show the terminal by itself. It’s massive!
The renderings also show the new JetBlue Terminal 6 as well. It seems to show the entire ‘JFK Vision’ the PA has.
It still really bothers me how disconnected the airport is in terms of design cohesiveness, it could really be 5 different airports all just closely together with how different each terminal looks. I liked the older design scheme that used the design of Terminal 4 and made a cohesive interconnected structure for the other terminals and had AA’s Terminal 8 completed the way it was intended. Of everything being done, not finishing out Terminal 8 has to be the most bothersome thing.
All that being said I’m glad they are redoing/tearing down the terminals that were just all over the place (Terminal 1 & 6) and at least they’re filling in those spaces that seemed empty before. The newer renders of Terminal 1 do look much better than the exaggerated initial ones. Something also needs to be done about the spaghetti network of roads in the center.
The NY Governor’s Office made a press release about the terminal project and the renderings I linked there’s some high-res versions available there.
Looks like the the Terminal 4 to Terminal 1 connection was removed again. Such a shame.
Nothing new in the renderings, just what we’ve already seen.
A new presentation I found includes some new renderings. These interior renderings look absolutely fantastic. The overall ‘tackiness’ was totally watered down and this is something JFK definitely deserves.
Looks like the T1 to T4 connector returns as well which is a major plus. It also looks like its airside since it connects to what looks like a gate area.
Enjoy these nice exterior and interior shots.
In other news, Terminal 4 was awarded LEED Platinum.
United decided to leave JFK because ‘it has too small of a schedule to be competitive’. It’s such a big deal that several news outlets covered the news.
Google maps sometimes yields some useful images in regards to giving us hints about the airport renovation progress. Terminal 8’s lame “expansion” looks nearly complete from the exterior, I have bad prospects about the full Terminal 4 expansion and feel we are likely to get the new disappointing half-baked version which is what seems to be being built sadly. As for Terminal 1, the garages by the old Terminals 1 and 2 are basically gone which means once the area’s been leveled, construction of the headhouse might begin soon.
Thanks for the updates. Do you have any info on when they’re going to start demolition of T7 for the construction of the new T6? I’m guessing they’re first completing the lame expansion of T8 for British Airways to move.
There’s no news of T6 anywhere that I know of right now. Nothing on the JFK redevelopment site or Port Authority press releases. I also suspect they’re waiting for British Airways to move before they start touching the terminal since once BA leaves for the lame “expansion” of Terminal 8, it’ll be easier to demolish T7 since the terminal’s vacant and won’t need to be done in a piecemeal fashion to minimise flight delays if it was still active.
Thanks, I really liked the renderings for T6 which is an expansion for JetBlue and includes gates for wide body aircrafts. T6 and the new Terminal 1 are the most exciting to see realized at JFK. T4 and T8 expansion plans are disappointing.