Wed, Feb 11, 2009
Project Will Include New Hangars
Officials in New Orleans formally kicked off Wednesday a massive
restoration project of the terminal building at New Orleans
Lakefront Airport (NEW).
While some work actually began about a year ago, the New Orleans
Times-Picayune reports the formal launch comes on the 75th
anniversary of the airport. The original terminal building is among
the oldest aviation properties in the country, and suffered
significant damage in the 2005 onslaught of Hurricane Katrina.
Commissioned by Gov. Huey Long in 1929, the airport was
completed in 1933 under the name Sushan Airport. The name was
changed to New Orleans Airport in 1940, and the field supported
commercial airline service for the area throughout World War II.
The name 'Lakefront' Airport came in 1964, by which time airlines
had relocated to Moisant Field -- we know that field today as Louis
Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY).
Among the most exciting aspects of the renovation effort will be
the restoration of several original aviation murals and sculptures
by Depression-era Work Progress Administration artists. Those
artworks -- by such notables as Enrique Alferez and Xavier Gonzalez
-- were covered when the airport was renovated in 1964.
In addition to restoring the Art Deco terminal building to its
former glory, the Lakefront project also includes four new hangars
to replace those lost in Katrina. The project is managed by the
Orleans Levee District, Non-Flood Assets under the Louisiana
Division of Administration.
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