In the heart of Manhattan, the Pan Am Building at 200 Park Avenue once symbolized the Jet-Set Era with its iconic rooftop helipad. Designed by Walter Gropius and Pietro Belluschi, the building offered a swift and luxurious connection from Manhattan to JFK Airport via helicopter flights operated by New York Airways from 1965 to 1968.

Passengers, often Pan Am’s first-class travelers, enjoyed a ten-minute journey on Vertol 107 helicopters, complete with pre-flight meals at the rooftop restaurant. Though this service briefly resumed in the late 1970s, a tragic accident in 1977 ended the helipad’s operations. The building, renamed MetLife in 1991, remains a reminder of a bygone era of urban air travel.

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