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Nicholas Dagen Bloom has written the first good book on JFK International. Writing in a fluent, accessible style, he is attuned to the multiple areas of the airport's significance, from its impact on the New York regional economy to its design, environmental impact, and political status under the Port Authority of New York. -Elizabeth Blackmar, Columbia University The Metropolitan Airport is a valuable study of the complex history of John F. Kennedy International Airport. Filled with fascinating information on the airport and the Port Authority that built and operates it, Bloom's analysis is insightful and balanced. -Jameson W. Doig, Princeton University

The Metropolitan Airport is a valuable study of the complex history of John F. Kennedy International Airport. Filled with fascinating information on the airport and the Port Authority that built and operates it, Bloom's analysis is insightful and balanced. -Jameson W. Doig, Princeton University Nicholas Dagen Bloom has written the first good book on JFK International. Writing in a fluent, accessible style, he is attuned to the multiple areas of the airport's significance, from its impact on the New York regional economy to its design, environmental impact, and political status under the Port Authority of New York. -Elizabeth Blackmar, Columbia University

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Nicholas Dagen Bloom is Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies and Urban Administration at the New York Institute of Technology and author of Public Housing That Worked: New York in the Twentieth Century, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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