Evening star., 1941-04-06

calls the best of the domestic classic
architecture of Colonial times.
The terminal structure is $40 feet
in length, along a curved line, and
is three stories high, exclusive of the
control tower from which every foot
of every runway is visible, and the
belvedere for weather observation on
the roof. The ground floor is almost
exclusively working space. The main
floor is devoted to handling of pas
senger traffic and visitors. The
upper floors are for airline and air
port officials, except for the dining
room in the north wing, and for the
Offices devoted to airways and air
port traffic control, radio communi-
cations and the Weather Bureau.
Avoids Conflict.
The design is such as to result in
the least possible conflict among the
various kinds of traffic to and from
the airport. Entrance from the
Mount Vernon Highway is by way
of two very gently curved grade
separations, permitting high speed,
one at the north end of the develop
ment and one at the south. From
these entrances, roads lead to the
service areas, sucn as the hangers,
mail and express rooms in the
ground floor of the terminal build
ing, and the airline working spaces.
y-ieit
proach the terminal building around
a traffic circle, about 10 feet higher
than the level of the flying field and
the working space in the terminal
structure. Visitors can cross a small
bridge to the main floor terrace of
the terminal, walk its entire length
outside or reach the upper observa-
ton decks and return to the traffic
circle at the other end of the build
ing without crossing the path of
passengers to and from planes.
These passengers enter the central
portion of the terminal building
through doors at the southern end
of the colonnade, directly into the
waiting room. The airline ticket
Offices are at their left as they enter,
while to the right are toilet and
dressing rooms, barber shop and
other services. including few small
sleeping rooms in the south wing
for passengers who wish to rest for
few hours between planes without
going to hotel.
AS passengers get their tickets
their baggage is weighed and goes
down chutes to the floor below. AS
passengers turn from the ticket
counters toward the field they look
through windows 80 feet high across
the airport toward the river and the
city. These windows extend the
length of the waiting room and
divide the room from the visitors
terrace outside. Inside the windows
is a passenger concourse extending
the entire length of the building. 1t
contains seats where passengers can
wait for their planes beside the
designated stairway leading down to
the flying level and out through wide
doors to the planes on the aprons.
There are four of these doors, with
toilet and telephone facilities on
either side. They give access to IA
airplane loading and unloading po-
sitions.
The apron and loading area will
be kept clear of the usual clutter of
gear. At each airplane position
gasoline, oil, electric current, air
conditioning equipment and tele-
phone connections are available in
underground pits. Mail and bag
gage hand trucks, gangways and
other equipment will be kept out Of
sight in airline operations offices or
the mail and baggage rooms on this
level except when in actual use.
Underground Features.
Mail enters the ground floor of
the terminal building at its south
erly end, trucks using an under
ground truckway and service road.
There Is an underground truck
garage beneath the traffic circle,
with air express facilities at one end.
At the southerly end of the field
level floor there is q waiting room
designed to be used as q presiden-
tial suite for the reception of dis
tinguished visitors. Cars can be