For three years, more than 400 tradespeople led by Turner Construction Company showed up every weekday — nevermind freezing rain and heatwaves — to construct two new hotel wings, install penny tile, gingerly replace one-of-a-kind windows and coat their beloved landmark in a fresh coat (or five) of paint.
The former TWA terminal traded airliners for a fleet of heavy machinery.
Building character: An NYC force transformed TWA's former terminal
Raising the Roof
Watch as two, six-story hotel wings holding 512 guestrooms take shape behind the iconic Eero Saarinen landmark.
A Mighty Crew
The TWA Hotel's craftspeople put heart, soul and a whole lot of muscle into every last weld. Click through to see some of the faces who made the magic happen.
Building by the Numbers
12
Miles of LED Lighting
33
Staircases
35
Trades Working Onsite
52
Subcontractors
174
Firms Working on the Project
450+
Daily Construction Workers Per Day
1,000
Cubic Yards of Concrete Poured for Connie's "Tarmac"
3,000
Construction Jobs Created
20,000
Square Feet of New Penny Tile Installed
74,000
Cubic Feet of Sand Donated to the National Park Service for Spring Creek Park
600,000
Square Feet of Project Space
A Hotel Rises
Dark since 2001, Eero Saarinen's landmark has undergone many stages of construction in preparation for its bright future as a hotel. Flip through to see some snapshots, including the day the lights came back on!
October 2016: And we're off! The restoration of Eero Saarinen’s landmark begins.
Inside the 512-Room TWA Hotel
Eero Saarinen’s iconic 1962 landmark is reigniting the magic of the Jet Age.
See Snapshots of TWA Hotel
Scroll through photo galleries of the TWA Flight Center, hotel amenities, guestrooms, event spaces and museum exhibitions.
Book an Event or Small Meeting
TWA Hotel’s 50,000 square feet of event space holds up to 1,600 people.