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The Port of New York Authority (now the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey) leased the Idlewild property from the City of New York in 1947 [19]: 3 and maintains this lease today. [1] In March 1948, the City Council changed the official name to New York International Airport, Anderson Field , but the common name remained "Idlewild" until ...
The center portal also contains depictions of New York City skyscrapers being destroyed in an apocalypse. [233] The center, northernmost, and southernmost portals are set within large, gabled structures with several archivolts , or arched moldings, surrounding each portal under the gables; porches overhang the portals above the gables.
A practice originally used to move large trains through the mountains. Now commonly used to facilitate longer, heavier trains in all types of terrain. Consists of the locomotives on the head end, a "swing" (mid-train) helper or two, and pusher locomotive(s) on the rear; today, all units are remotely controlled by the engineer in the lead unit.