The only rendering of the proposed TWA Flight Center Hotel, designed by Beyer Blinder Belle, shows very little of the future structure except two six-story volumes behind Saarinen’s winglike forms. Image courtesy Beyer Blinder Belle

New York will see a slew of airport improvements in the next few years and, surprisingly, the only one not causing controversy is a $48 million terminal for animals known as the Ark. The same can’t be said for the other two projects—a $4 billion reconstruction of LaGuardia Airport and the incorporation of Eero Saarinen’s iconic TWA Flight Center into a hotel at John F. Kennedy International Airport.