On A Pale Horse

I've got this strange curiosity about names of streets, cities, airports, etc. It's easy to figure out how certain places were named like the George Washington Bridge, The Lincoln Tunnel, JFK Airport (see a trend here?) Call it stupid but I'd like to think of it as just another batch of brain cell dedicated to useless trivia - I'm a wiz at NTN !!!

Fiorello H. LaGuardia was mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1945 and is considered to be one of the finest mayors because of his role during and after the Great Depression.

LaGuardia was born in New York but grew up in Arizona & Italy before returning the Big Apple to attend New York University. His political career started as an Attorney General in 1914, was elected to the House of Representative in 1916, served in World War I from 1917 - 1919.

He was a very diverse and opinionated guy. In love with politics, New York City & the arts he lobbied the Federal Government for funds, established a public works program which employed thousands of New Yorkers, pushed for a commercial airport (LaGuardia Airport), spoke seven languages, and established the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts.

His life was subject of the play Fiorello.

Mayor LaGuardia passed away from pancreatic cancer.

December 11, 1882 - September 20, 1947 - RIP
(so I'm late - sue me)

Labels: 1882 births, 1947 September Deaths, political

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