Check Out This Crazy 1940's Plan to Place an Airport on Midtown Manhattan Rooftops

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New York City's Dream Airport | A spread from the March 18, 1946 issue of Life Magazine for a "$3 billion project [that] would place a landing deck in midtown Manhattan," proposed by William Zeckendorf. This is two images stitched together crudely. Originals found at Ptak Science Books.

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