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Love the layover: vintage toy trains at San Francisco International Airport

11/11/08
A new exhibition at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is all about trains. (New York Central Railroad with alphabet blocks (push toy) 1885-95; Collection of Rod Cornell) Inside Track presents more than 200 vintage toy trains and accessories-including two miniature train layouts. In addition to realistic-looking trains, there are specialty items such as Mickey Mouse →

Last chance to name the airport dinosaur

10/22/08
Last summer, these two dinosaurs from the Royal Ontario Museum took up residence in the Terminal 1 International Arrivals area of Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. The display features an “action” scene of a large Allosaurus bearing down on an Othnielia that has tripped to the ground. But it doesn’t include the ‘given names’ of these →

Classic Cars at KCI Airport

09/29/08
Here’s a great example of an airport getting involved with the community in a fun way: On Saturday, October 4th from 4-8 pm, Missouri’s Kansas City International Airport will host its fourth annual “Cruise Night” The free event will feature a display of hundreds of classic, muscle and special interest cars and a bevy of →

Fashion concierge at O’Hare International Airport

09/26/08
A flurry of fashion shows at O’Hare International Airport today helped kick off Fashion Focus Chicago 2008.  The celebration of Chicago’s fashion industry runs through October 9th. (Fashion show photo courtesy O’Hare Airport) As part of the festivities, O’Hare Airport is hosting an exhibition of designer garments and accessories in Terminal 2, complete with on-duty →

Miniature buildings and ‘notions’ on display at LA/Ontario Int’l Airport

09/09/08
Two new, intriguing exhibits on display at LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) show the link between collectibles and art. “Miniatures are BIG,” in Terminal 2, includes 130 of the more than 5,000 miniature buildings David Weingarten and Lucia Howard of Ace Architects have collected, as well as models of some of the whimsical structures they’ve designed. →

A river runs through O’Hare International Airport

08/27/08
O’Hare International Airport (ORD) is hosting a photo exhibition of large-scale images from the book “A River Through Illinois,” by photographer Daniel Overturf and writer Gary Marx. The hard-to-miss images are in the west corridor of International Terminal 5, beyond security. Included are several seven-and-eight foot long panoramic river views and portraits of people who →

NEW ART EXHIBITIONS AT LAX

08/22/08
Three new exhibitions at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) are all about the city’s natural and urban geographies. “Oceano Romantico” was curated by Giorgio Carlevaro and features work by 20 local artists charged with relating how the ocean’s energy “drives their desire to capture its eternal, yet ephemeral beauty.” Look for these pieces in Terminal →
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