AP, via 1010WINS:
Too Large and Expensive, JFK Airport Stained Glass Coming Down
Posted: Wednesday, 20 February 2008 6:02PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- It was called the longest window in the world when its red, sapphire and purple panels were unveiled to airport travelers in 1960. Artists called the window -- longer than a football field and more than 20 feet high -- one of the most important stained-glass works in the U.S.
But American Airlines quietly began dismantling the window's 900 panels last week at its old John F. Kennedy International Airport terminal, after years of debate and pleas by employees and artists to find a way to keep the abstract, multicolored piece intact.[Read more...
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