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Old Aug 31, 2013, 8:38 pm
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BuildingMyBento
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Originally Posted by BearX220
Same zone: in the below-street-level concourse of the GM building there used to be a restaurant called the Autopub. Incredible motorific environment. I was taken there a few times as a kid in the '60s and '70s and it was absolutely magical to me. Long gone now, and if I came across it today I'd probably find it stupid and tacky, but you know how a nine-year-old looks at the world.

I also miss the TWA Saarinen terminal as an active working building - pulling up to its curb in a yellow cab and walking into that soaring space was high excitement for a young traveler back in the day..
Thanks for that bit of trivia, BearX220. Since I wasn't alive at that time, I can't picture it, but both that and the Houlihan's would be much more welcoming sites than the Apple store, IMO! Only pro: 24-hour internet.

Probably used the TWA terminal as well; every time I'm at the JetBlue terminal (which is rare), I take a walk over to it.
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