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By: Johnny Panic

Johnny Panic — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:43:31 +0000

I regularly visited the observation deck into the late 1990s. From all of the descriptions I’ve seen, it seems that the 1990s version of it was in the space of the old Cloud Nine bar relegated to being an observation deck/event space after the deck on the floor below was repurposed. There were windows on both sides and a closed glass room, which I assume was the bar space at one time, in the center of the space.

By: Matt P.

Matt P. — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 07:36:00 +0000

I went to college in Boston in the 1990s and urban exploration eventually led me to Logan Airport. After walking around for a while, I found one surviving sign inside a parking garage that listed an observation deck. I rode the control tower’s elevator up to a very small lounge with a few seats and those coin operated binoculars. There was also a conference table and chairs behind glass partitions and a locked glass door. A closed-circuit camera was also located in the room but no one ever bothered me. I returned a few months later to show my brother this room but I got the distinct impression Massport probably didn’t want the public up there anymore. Glad they forgot that one sign. I’m guessing this was not the large observation deck everyone talks about from back in the day.

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By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 19:04:38 +0000

In reply to Patrick. Hey Patrick, I'm a few years late on this post, but are the inter terminal walkways post security? I'm in Logan every few months and I'd love to wander over to other terminals! Thanks!

By: Jeff Latten

Jeff Latten — Tue, 05 May 2015 20:22:53 +0000

Hey, Cap, I have a question about Logan. It’s been about 5-6 years since we transited thru Logan on our way from SFO to San Juan, PR, and we were over an hour late leaving SFO. Because our departure to SJU left from a different concourse back then, we had to go thru TSA security again, causing us to just miss our connection…we got to the gate just in time to see them roll down the gate door, and once they do that, it’s too late, or at least that’s what we encountered. Do they still have separate security on each concourse?

By: Tommy

Tommy — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 04:53:26 +0000

One of my favorite places to eat is not actually at Logan, but at the north end of runway 22L I believe. They just renevated a few years ago to a larger building, but I don’t remember the name of it. We sit out on the dock watching planes land a take off. Excellent lobster rolls!

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By: Dave Beedon

Dave Beedon — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:04:08 +0000

Interesting stuff. In the mid-1960s I visited the King County Airport control tower, after I set up an appointment. It was nice to see how the place operated. I never dropped soda cans from on high anywhere, but while in college I and a few other students dropped water balloons from the roof of a seven-story dormitory—at night. No one was hit and nothing was damaged, but it sure was fun!