111 Places in New Orleans that you must not miss by Sally Asher

Author:Sally Asher
Language: deu
Format: epub
Tags: Guide Book
Publisher: Emons Verlag
Published: 2016-12-01T16:00:00+00:00

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55_Lakefront Airport

An Art Deco museum masquerading as an airport

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After 90 years of municipal squabbles and natural disasters, the Lakefront Airport sits as a wonderfully preserved exhibition of the Art Deco age. In 1929, Abraham Shushan, a politician, businessman, and a bit of a shyster, teamed up with then governor Huey Long to push through their vision for a modern airport. The two spent $3 million to pump out 6 million cubic yards of water to build the airport on a newly formed jetty where a portion of Lake Pontchartrain had been. The land formerly underwater was in the public domain, which meant that anti-Long political factions had no say or control.

Christened the Shushan Airport when it opened in 1934, it was the first combined land and seaplane air terminal in the world. The grand Atrium has a terrazzo floor and is lined with aviation-themed murals by Spanish-American artist Xavier Gonzalez. There are ornamental touches everywhere you turn, from the neon arrow pointing to the Walnut Room to a retro bank of phone booths.

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Address 6001 Stars & Stripes Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70126, +1 504.243.4010, www.lakefrontairport.com | Tip You can dine at Messina’s Runway Cafe in the airport lobby. They are open from 8am to 3pm, serving local dishes such as eggs hussard, shrimp and grits, po’boys, and signature homemade sweet-potato biscuits.

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