Thursday, November 18, 2010

What Did New York's JFK Airport Replace?

And the answer is ...

c) a golf course

When the new airport was built in the 1940s, it displaced 1,000 acres the Idlewild Golf Course, leading many New Yorkers to call the new airport "the Idlewild airport," although that was never its official name. Now, the remaining land from the golf course remains as a park for locals and visitors to enjoy.

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