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Following the lead of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport has joined forces with their local chapter of the American Heart Association and set up marked walking paths for passengers inside the terminal

There are two one-mile walking paths, both post-security.

The Main Walking Path starts just beyond the C/D security checkpoint in the Main Terminal. The East Walking Path begins just past the security checkpoint in the East Terminal.

If you find yourself getting tired on your airport hike, don’t fret. The airport has also recently installed rocking chairs for weary passengers.

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Next time you pass through Nashville International Airport (BNA), check out the snazzy leopard-print woodwork on the piano in Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge.

Made by Baldwin Piano, a division of Nashville-based Gibson Guitar, “The Leopard” also has hard rock maple cabinetry, virgin wool hammers and ebony wood sharps.

And it’s not just for show: the piano is an in-house instrument for an airport arts program that features daily musical performances.

Photo: courtesy Nashiville International Airport

Categories: Art, Music
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In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Memphis International Airport is hosting an exhibit of photographs by renowned photojournalist Ernest C. Withers, who also photographed other notable individuals, including President John F. Kennedy, Mahalia Jackson, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, President Richard Nixon, Elvis Presley, Isaac Hayes, and James Brown.

Through the end of April, travelers can view candid photographs by Withers documenting Dr. King’s last days in Memphis and the events following his assassination on April 4, 1968.

The photographs are displayed in Concourse B, just beyond the security checkpoint through the end of April.

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For years, a graceful aluminum and iron mobile by Alexander Calder has been suspended over the air-side central atrium at Pittsburgh International Airport.

The work, titled Pittsburgh, was originally designed for a Carnegie Institute exhibition in 1958 and was moved to the airport in 1959. Except for a stint at the Carnegie Museum of Art during the construction of the current terminal, the mobile has been greeting travelers at PIT ever since.

Soon, though, the Calder will be taking a trip: the airport has agreed to loan the mobile to the Palazzo delle Esposizioni museum in Rome for a Calder exhibit they’re hosting in the winter of 2009.

So catch the Calder before it flies away. The Calder exhibit in Rome is scheduled to run from February through May 2009.

Photo Courtesy Pittsburgh International Airport

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The travel news this week has been all about American Airlines, all those canceled flights, and all those travelers left stuck at the airport.

Today – Saturday – was supposed to be better. But then the airline scrapped yet another 200 flights.

That means that a lot of folks will stay stuck at the airport.

American Airlines officials say they’re terribly sorry about this mess. We know travelers are pissed off about this mess.

But what about airports? For an article on MSNBC.com yesterday, I checked in with a few airports to find how they’re dealing with this mess. “We’re doing the best we can to accommodate all these unexpected guests,” one airport official told me, “We know that getting stuck at the airport is no day at the beach.”

Categories: Delays
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