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Free Wi-Fi and more at Oakland International Airport

11/10/08

Good news for laptop-toting travelers passing through Oakland International Airport (OAK). Starting today, (Monday, November 10th) there’s free Wi-Fi Internet service throughout the airport. The service is provided by FreeFi Networks, the same company that now provides the free Wireless Internet access at Denver International Airport. You’ll need to watch some advertising before you get […]

Birds come and go at Portland International Airport (PDX)

11/06/08

Travelers arriving at Oregon’s Portland International Airport (PDX) on international flights now get welcomed to the arrivals area by a flock of birds. Not real birds, but life-size images of birds representing 34 species of birds seen in the Portland area. A new art installation, “Flight,” has a blue-sky back drop, white clouds and copies […]

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Portland International Airport

Big bunny due in at Sacramento International Airport

10/30/08

Heads up for rabbits. OK, one big rabbit. One big, red rabbit. According to the Mercury News, Sacramento county officials have just approved $767,000 to have artist Lawrence Argent make a 56 foot-long fiberglass rabbit for the new terminal at Sacramento International Airport. “The rabbit, to be painted fire engine red, will look as if […]

Terminal 2 at RDU now open for business

10/28/08

Raleigh-Durham International Airport’s new Terminal 2 has officially opened for business. The terminal’s art and architecture reflects North Carolina’s Research Triangle Region and includes 26 restaurants and shops, including 2nd Edition Book Sellers, änders Natural Soap Co., 42nd St. Oyster Bar, Carolina Ale House and Brookwood Farms BBQ, and Taste! A Southern Season. Here’s a […]

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/Openings

Raleigh-Durham International Airport

Greetings from Toronto Pearson International Airport

10/27/08

The folks in the Origami Society of Toronto are a talented bunch. Check out these creations they’ve carefully folded and placed on display at the Toronto Pearson International Airport. (Photos by Ross Reynolds; Origami by the members of the Origami Society of Toronto)

Visit SFO, end up in outer space

10/21/08

We’re coming up on Halloween and the anniversary of the Orson Welles-directed radio show of War of the Worlds. So it’s a perfect time to schedule a trip to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) just to see a wonderful exhibition filled with more than 300 classic space-related products ranging from the “fantastically silly to the […]

New art exhibit at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport

10/20/08

A realistic bronze cast of a longhorn, 16 engraved and carved miniature limestone and glass chairs, an abstract sculpture created with textured cast aluminum and three whimsically painted sheet metal cats. These are just a few examples of the multi-media art show in the latest exhibit at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. All the work is […]

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport

Open house at new Indianapolis International Airport

10/13/08

Proving, once again, that it’s often lots more fun to just hang out at the airport than to actually fly anyplace, thousands of folks showed up this past weekend for the open house at the new Indianapolis International Airport. In addition to all the new shops and eateries, the new terminal, just down the road […]

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/Openings

Indianapolis International Airport

Big notions and tiny buildings at LA/Ontario International Airport

09/22/08

Here – finally- are some photos from the two new unusual and whimsical exhibits on display at LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) through the first week of January, 2009. The exhibit in Terminal 4 is work by Karyl Sisson featuring all sorts of notions, fixings from women’s clothing and items that are worn, such as bobby […]

LA/Ontario International Airport

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