Originally Posted by
fumje
Cool link, and fun to scroll through.
It's neat to see the old face of T7, with the clean facade and United Air Lines (and the new palm trees!)
Also I hadn't known some of the satellites history. Here's satellite 7 before it became T7 and had all the US CBP doors/hallway routings added:
Very open indeed!
Unfortunately, having seen the original configuration, so much of the LAX layout makes more sense now. As well as why through the 2000s, you still had to ascend up stairs, etc. to get to the 74-77 gates.
Also referencing the original
airporthistory.org article, here's what Satellite 7 looked like in the early 1960s:
Here's a Google Maps shot of the current terminal complex and how, especially Terminal 3, but how the outlines of the original 1960s satellite buildings still there in 2020:
David