jwp_145
GhostRider in the Sky
So, I'm on reserve in JFK and I went up to the airport to get some food, and I also wanted to get some photographs of the historical TWA Flight Center as I am an amateur photographer.
I wasn't even sure how close I could get to the building, because anyone who uses JetBlue's T5 knows that you basically wrap around the old building on your way in.
So I go out through the parking garage on the ground level and walk straight up a sidewalk, taking photos along the way (Which I will post later). There was still an entire 3 lane road between me and the huge sidewalk in front of the building, when this Rent_A_Cop comes Roaring out the front door waving his arms and yelling at me. At first I thought he was saying that I couldn't come any closer and that I wasn't allowed inside. To be honest, before this happened I had planned on walking all the way up to the front door. For those who don't know, the building is owned by the Port Authority and is a registered Historical Landmark.
THen I realize this guy is yelling "You can't take any photos of this building!"
Huh? Scuze me pahtnah? I'm not allowed to take photos of a vacant historical landmark?Go fudge yourself.
So I start firing away and this guy is losing his •, waving his arms, screaming and yelling. SO I turn around and walk away with him yelling for me to get back over there so he can confiscate my camera. Ya buddy, that's happening.
My thist for photos of this iconic piece of airline history not yet quenched, I walked around to the other end of the parking lot and started taking more snaps. Dude comes blasting out again. I'd seen where he was sitting... he had a chair right inside the main door, just chilling (If that were my job I would have been over every inch of that building and have a bedroom full of vintage TWA signage!!!!
I didn't want to push the issue any more so I went on about my next goal of Cheeseburger Cheeseburger. Only when I got around the the departures side of the new T5 did I realize that you are literally a stones throw away from the backside of the Saarinen Building, where the passenger tubes connect. I asked a guard if I could take pictures of the backside and he looked at me like I had just yelled "TIMMY!" Had I known that the back side of the building is where the lighted TWA sign was, I would have done ALL of my shooting there so that I could get them while the light was still good.
SO I wonder what that security guard major malfunction was.
I did a quick Google search, and all I could find was that photography is not allowed on the Port Authority's PATH, whatever that is, it ain't the FLight Center. I was on the non-secure side of a facility, taking photos of an abandoned building with no direct connection to any secure/SIDA area. I asked a TSA guard inside about it and he said "Sheet I'da asked for the idiot's name and badge number!
I wasn't even sure how close I could get to the building, because anyone who uses JetBlue's T5 knows that you basically wrap around the old building on your way in.
So I go out through the parking garage on the ground level and walk straight up a sidewalk, taking photos along the way (Which I will post later). There was still an entire 3 lane road between me and the huge sidewalk in front of the building, when this Rent_A_Cop comes Roaring out the front door waving his arms and yelling at me. At first I thought he was saying that I couldn't come any closer and that I wasn't allowed inside. To be honest, before this happened I had planned on walking all the way up to the front door. For those who don't know, the building is owned by the Port Authority and is a registered Historical Landmark.
THen I realize this guy is yelling "You can't take any photos of this building!"
Huh? Scuze me pahtnah? I'm not allowed to take photos of a vacant historical landmark?Go fudge yourself.
So I start firing away and this guy is losing his •, waving his arms, screaming and yelling. SO I turn around and walk away with him yelling for me to get back over there so he can confiscate my camera. Ya buddy, that's happening.
My thist for photos of this iconic piece of airline history not yet quenched, I walked around to the other end of the parking lot and started taking more snaps. Dude comes blasting out again. I'd seen where he was sitting... he had a chair right inside the main door, just chilling (If that were my job I would have been over every inch of that building and have a bedroom full of vintage TWA signage!!!!
I didn't want to push the issue any more so I went on about my next goal of Cheeseburger Cheeseburger. Only when I got around the the departures side of the new T5 did I realize that you are literally a stones throw away from the backside of the Saarinen Building, where the passenger tubes connect. I asked a guard if I could take pictures of the backside and he looked at me like I had just yelled "TIMMY!" Had I known that the back side of the building is where the lighted TWA sign was, I would have done ALL of my shooting there so that I could get them while the light was still good.
SO I wonder what that security guard major malfunction was.
I did a quick Google search, and all I could find was that photography is not allowed on the Port Authority's PATH, whatever that is, it ain't the FLight Center. I was on the non-secure side of a facility, taking photos of an abandoned building with no direct connection to any secure/SIDA area. I asked a TSA guard inside about it and he said "Sheet I'da asked for the idiot's name and badge number!