Open House New York invites you to a presentation about one of the most eagerly anticipated projects in New York City: the transformation of the TWA Flight Center at JFK International Airport into the TWA Hotel. The TWA Hotel will celebrate and preserve Eero Saarinen’s masterpiece and reopen it to the public for the first time in many years. It will include 505 guest rooms; 50,000 square feet of conference, event, and meeting space; a 10,000-square-foot roof deck; 8 food and beverage outlets; and an innovative museum showcasing New York as the birthplace of the Jet Age.

Presenters will include Tyler Morse, CEO and Managing Partner, MCR Development LLC; Richard Southwick, Partner and Director of Historic Preservation, Beyer Blinder Belle; Anne Marie Lubrano, Founding Principal, Lubrano Ciavarra Architects; and Jim Steven, Manager, JFK Physical Plant and Redevelopment for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Projects in Planning is a series of OHNY programs that explores the design and planning process of a single project during its early stages of development and construction. Projects in Planning is made possible with sponsorship support from StreetEasy.