Will LGA remain the dump it is - or can they rebuild it? Article

[johnsonrod]

This potential transformation of LGA (although much needed) seems waaaaay far fetched with all of the tree huggers, rampant class warfare and the current socialist mayor:

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/11/0...dia-airport.html?smid=pl-share&_r=0&referrer=

And yet nobody seems to understand (except the loaded Middle Eastern folks in Dubai and Doha) that the conditions of airports say a lot about their communities - first impressions count! As a supposed "world class" city, New York should have modern, well-run airports instead of the complete dumps that they are... Didn't Joe Biden say arriving at LGA is like arriving in a 3rd world country????? London says no to a new Heathrow and I am betting we don't see much done in the NY area...

 

[FurloughedAgain]

I like it. Build the Rikers replacement a mile offshore... Kinda like New York's Azkaban...

 

[SpauldingSmails]

All the NYC airports have their inherent grittiness. There's only so many more band aids you can put on LGA. JFK is getting better, T3 was a glazed in Soviet era parking garage, good effing riddance. T-2 is like a goddamned Bombay rug bazaar during connecting banks in there - that should be next to be flattened IMHO.

 

[cbrown1]

Bulldoze LGA, JFK and EWR and build a massive airport with like 200 gates and 6 parallel runways all connected with maglevs to the city centers.

 

[Skyflyin]

Hey, they rebuilt Chicago Midway and it turned out pretty nice. They could do it there too.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

Midways biggest problem now is they didn't build big enough bathrooms for the number of people who come through that place. Always a line.

 

[Zdriver]

Crappers behind the food court are the best bet.

 

[flyboyike]

Bulldoze LGA, JFK and EWR and build a massive airport with like 200 gates and 6 parallel runways all connected with maglevs to the city centers.

I don't know about maglevs, but otherwise I don't think that would be such a bad idea.