the Flight mural in the main building's rotunda starting in 1976. A reporter for The Christian Science Monitor wrote in 1979 that some of the main building's original Art Deco details remained, mainly on the exterior. That February, philanthropist Laurance Rockefeller and magazine publisher DeWitt Wallace agreed to partially fund the restoration of the Flight mural, which was projected to cost $75,000. Alan M. Farancz restored the mural, and it was rededicated on September 19, 1980. During that time, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) considered protecting the terminal as an official New York City landmark Arend supported the designation, but the Port Authority expressed opposition because such a designation would severely restrict what the agency could do with the terminal. The LPC designated the main building's facade and a portion of its interior as landmarks in late 1980, citing it as "the only active terminal in the United States dating from the first generation of passenger air travel". The main building was also listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 9, 1982. Shuttle use Pan Am Shuttle Pan Am announced plans for its Pan Am Shuttle service from New York to Boston and Washington in 1986, having bought the rights to New York Air's shuttle service. The airline had initially planned to operate from two gates at the main terminal, but these gates were too small to fit the Boeing 727 and Airbus A300 airliners that would be used on the route, so Pan Am had to build new gates at the Marine Air Terminal. Construction of these gates began at the end of August 1986. Pan Am spent $23 million to build a prefabricated structure next to the main building. The structure was completed in 41 days, as Pan Am was contractually obligated to begin shuttle flights by October 1986. Local politicians and preservationists were irate at the changes. Days before the renovations were to be completed, several politicians attempted to halt the project, claiming that the Port Authority had illegally modified the portion of the terminal that had been designated as a landmark. Port Authority executives said they were only renovating a portion of the building that was not protected by the landmark designation. Rocco Manniello, who operated a small Italian restaurant at the rear of the main building, renovated his restaurant during this time. Pan Am Shuttle flights started operating from