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New York Municipal Airport, Marine Air Terminal, Grand Central Parkway at Ninety-fourth Street, Jackson Heights, Queens County, NY
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Significance: La Guardia Airport's Marine Air Terminal is one of the only surviving examples of terminals built especially for the service of "Clipper Ships," sea planes that routinely made Trans-Atlantic crossings during the late 30's. Designed and built as a WPA project, the building holds the distinction of having one of New York City's most noteworthy Art Deco interiors. Also of note is the mural "Flight" that adorns the wall of the building's circular waiting room. The mural stands as a representative example of the many works of art created through the Federal Arts Project, a Depression era program designed to put artists back to work.
Survey number: HAER NY-89
Building/structure dates: ca. 1940 Initial Construction
The history of New York City's transportation system. New York City is distinguished from other U.S. cities for its low personal automobile ownership and its significant use of public transportation. New York is the only city in the United States where over half of all households do not own a car (Manhattan's non-ownership is even higher, around 75%; nationally, the rate is 8%). New York City has, by far, the highest rate of public transportation use of any American city. New York City also has the longest mean travel time for commuters (39 minutes) among major U.S. cities. The Second Industrial Revolution fundamentally changed the city – the port infrastructure grew at such a rapid pace after the 1825 completion of the Erie Canal that New York became the most important connection between all of Europe and the interior of the United States. Elevated trains and subterranean transportation ('El trains' and 'subways') were introduced between 1867 and 1904. Private automobiles brought an additional change for the city by around 1930, notably the 1927 Holland Tunnel.
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