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Originally Posted by Authentic_City
^The new terminal is nice, but the old terminal was really grand in that 1960s modernist way. I miss it too, even though it was looking pretty shabby in the end.
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The current airport terminal is up to date and is nicely designed, but it's modest by current airport standards. The old terminal was really big, bold and audacious... by 1964 standards it would have been legitimately world class. Few places would have had such a grandiose terminal in those days.
When it comes to airport terminals, we basically traded in an old Rolls Royce for a new Hyundai. Sure those new Elantras have great Bluetooth connectivity and other modern features, but it will never be a Rolls, even an old one.
Unfortunately the WAA letting the old terminal get so shabby really coloured peoples perceptions of it and eliminated any chance of preservation. Most people recall the burnt out lights and tacky kiosks, they don't recall the bleeding edge modernism from the terminal's early years: