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LaGuardia Airport (IATA: LGA, ICAO: KLGA, FAA LID: LGA) (/ l ə ˈ ɡ w ɑːr d i ə / lə-GWAR-dee-ə) – colloquially known as LaGuardia or simply LGA – is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, situated on the northwestern shore of Long Island, bordering Flushing Bay.
Fiorello Henry La Guardia [a] (born Fiorello Raffaele Enrico La Guardia; [b] December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives and served as the 99th mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1946. He was known for his irascible, energetic, and charismatic ...
Indeed, the full and complete name with which the town is known currently is La Guardia de Navarra Sonsierra. There has been some controversy about the Basque name of the town. In the late nineteenth century, the belief that before granting the "letter of villazgo" in 1164, the population of Laguardia was called Biasteri had spread. Many people ...
In the 1933 elections, Post allied with former congressman Fiorello La Guardia, who was running for mayor of New York City, and became the Republican-City Fusion candidate for Manhattan Borough President. Although he narrowly lost, [3] La Guardia won, the first Republican (and first anti-Tammany) candidate to do so in 20 years. [7]
Alfredo de la Guardia (fl. 1940s), Argentine screenwriter; Bernardo de la Guardia (1900-1970), Costa Rican fencer; Ernesto de la Guardia (1904–1983), former president of Panama; Miguel de La Guardia, Spanish chemist; Ponç de la Guàrdia (1154–1188), Catalan knight; Reverter de La Guardia (died 1142 or 1144), Catalan adventurer
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia is reading the comics over the radio because there is a newspaper strike. As he does so, the time changes to 1915 and the law office where clients are eagerly waiting to speak to La Guardia. His law clerks assure the crowd that he will help one and all, regardless of their ability to pay ("On the Side of the Angels").
La Guardia's administration presented plans for a renovation of North Beach Airport (now LaGuardia Airport) in August 1937. The plans included a terminal for seaplanes along Bowery Bay, on the western side of the airport, as well as a terminal for land planes along Flushing Bay, on the eastern side. The seaplane terminal, to be known as the ...
La Guardia is a Spanish pop-rock band. They were especially famous in the late 1980s and early 1990s, although they are still active today (after a hiatus). They were especially famous in the late 1980s and early 1990s, although they are still active today (after a hiatus).