Clay: A little quip about your last comment on Denver...if you spent some time 'living there' you might have a lot in common with Tom Hanks, star of the movie 'The Terminal!'(hehe!) Mike Burris Cambridge, Mass P.S. A good portion(not all) of that movie was filmed at Montreal - Mirabel, but those in the know correct me if I'm wrong! --- Clay Wardlow <clay.wardlow@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I agree that Vancouver is an amazing airport. It > would probably make it > onto my top 5. However, I've spent a lot of time in > the Denver airport, > living there for 5 years, and I find it extremely > efficient. > > Clay - SEA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Montano [mailto:mmontano@xxxxxxxxx]=20 > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 5:33 PM > To: The Airline List; Clay Wardlow > Subject: Re: Airport Architecture > > There's a dramatic difference between 'attractive' > and 'functional.' > > Certain airports are constrained by their > surroundings (LaGuardia -=20 > LGA, Regan -DCA, SanFran -SFO.) > > Certain airports fit their surroundings (Vancouver - > YVR - it=20 > essentially fills an island) > > The most attractive airports are often the least > functional. (Denver --=20 > horrible in my opinion) > > The most functional are often the least attractive > (Atlanta -=20 > efficient, but butt ugly) > > Some just are things that weren't planned, they just > happened; O'Hare=20 > for example. > > Overall, I would nominate my home town airport of > Vancouver as one of=20 > the better airports (architecturally speaking) in > the world. > > http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=3D663823/M/ > http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=3D401874/M/ > > > - The island (Sea Island) is almost completely > filled with modern,=20 > properly aligned runways > - The new terminal (International/USA) is stunning. > Multi-story walls=20 > of glass looking out to Vancouver, and the mountains > beyond. > - The US/International arrivals "diorama" which > simulates a typical=20 > west-coast beach is both welcoming home to British > Columbian residents=20 > and enticing to tourists (it almost brings tears to > my eyes, after=20 > being away for a while even if it is somewhat > corny=20 > http://display.maxvr.com/mapviewer/panoviewer1_yvr.asp?imageid=3D3318) > - Stores/Restaurants are excellent including > numerous Tim Horton's=20 > (Canadian's Intra-venous source of coffee) and > 7-Eleven. > - My flight can put it's wheels down at 10pm, and > I'll be OFF the=20 > airport property by 10:15pm. Including clearing > customs, collecting=20 > baggage and hailing a cab. (For an airport with 20 > million PAX per=20 > year, that's impressive.) > > Matthew > > > > > > On 11-Oct-04, at 1:28 PM, Clay Wardlow wrote: > > > What is your favorite airport, architecturally > speaking? > > > > =3D20 > > > > What about your least favorite? > > > > =3D20 > > > > My fav. - Denver International: > > > > http://www.airliners.net/open.file/285468/M/ > > > > BEAUTIFUL! > > > > =3D20 > > > > My least fav. - Atlanta Hartsfield: > > > > http://www.airliners.net/open.file/536924/M/ > > > > DRAB!=3D20 > > > > =3D20 > > > > Clay - SEA > > > > Fan of great architecture > > > > =3D20 > > > > =3D20 > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com