Why Airports Die

The distinctive design of the Pan-Am Worldport at JFK International Airport, built in 1960, wasn’t enough to save it from the wrecking ball. Dmitri Kessel/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images Anthony Paletta 12:07 PM ET Expensive to build, hard to adapt to other uses, and now facing massive pandemic-related challenges, airport terminals often live

Why American airports don’t sell anything you actually need?

Woe betide the traveler who forgets her toiletries case, gets peckish, or has a headache at a US airport. At best, she might find tiny container of Advil or $10 packet of almonds in a Hudson News outlet, sandwiched between a Cinnabon and an Auntie Anne’s Preztels. But why is there no CVS or Walgreens