JFK the old Idlewild golf course

[mirrodie]

Well, the only Idlewild I know is a bar i NYC. Remember that Phil?

I was reading about how JFK was initially a golf course.
My only question is this. Was the entire place graded down and leveled?

I usually think of a golf course as hilly and contoured and varying. Of course, a major airport is usually relatively flat. So any history on the old Idlewild?

[Corey]

Here is a newsday story about it. It sounds like it was more marsh than golf course.
http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/ ... navigation (http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs732a,0,7288770.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation)

Corey