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Fiorello H. LaGuardia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (December 11, 1882–September 20, 1947) was the Mayor of New York from 1934 to 1945. LaGuardia was born in The Bronx to a Catholic father and a Jewish mother and was raised an Episcopalian. LaGuardia was elected mayor of New York City on an anti-corruption "fusion" ticket during the Great Depression, which united him in an uneasy alliance with New York's liberal bluebloods. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fiorello_H._LaGuardia   (560 words)

AllRefer.com - Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia Fiorello Henry LaGuardia[fEurel´O, lugwAr´dEu] Pronunciation Key, 1882–1947, U.S. public official, congressman, and mayor of New York City (1934–45), b. 1969); E. Cuneo, Life with Fiorello (1955); H. Zinn, LaGuardia in Congress (1959, repr. LaGuardia served (1946) as director of the UN Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/LaGuardi.html   (452 words)

LaGuardia Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Named after a former Mayor of New York, Fiorello LaGuardia, it serves the greater New York area. LaGuardia is New York's main domestic airport, due to its central location and proximity to Manhattan. LaGuardia Airport is located in Flushing, a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens, New York near the Flushing Bay. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/LaGuardia_Airport   (1044 words)

Sicilian Culture: The People: Fiorello LaGuardia According to the reminisces of his second wife, Marie Fisher LaGuardia, Fiorello did not sit quietly during his freshman year in Congress as was expected of new Congressmen but energetically and enthusiastically took part in the everyday workings of the Legislature. LaGuardia was born on December 11, 1882, to Achille Lugi LaGuardia, an Italian immigrant, who would serve as a band master in the US Army, and Irene Cohen a Jewish immigrant from Austria-Hungary. LaGuardia would remain in Congress continually until 1932, except for his service during World War I as a Pilot and a term as President of the city Board of Aldermen. www.sicilianculture.com /people/laguardia.htm   (1746 words)

Fiorello Fiorello joins the workers of Nifty Shirtwaists, who are on strike, and convinces them to desert their picket lines and join him at his headquarters to discuss election tactics. Fiorello is married to Thea who is seriously ill. He is still a political reformer and decides to run for mayor against the current incumbent, James J. Walker. Elected Mayor of New York, Fiorello was an unconventional politician as shown by the opening of the show which has him reading the comics to the children into a microphone of the city radio station. www.nodanw.com /shows_f/fiorello.htm   (524 words)

H.S. 485 Fiorello H. LaGuardia HS of Music & Art and Performing Arts LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts is a highly selective, widely acclaimed school that trains students for the country's best art schools and music conservatories, as well as for conventional academic colleges and universities. LaGuardia is on the list of 209 schools that the chancellor exempted from the citywide uniform curriculum. Angela, a former student, writes: "LaGuardia HS is one of the few places where students can truly grow as individuals and strengthen their craft. www.insideschools.org /fs/school_profile.php?id=959   (2170 words)

Electronic Encyclopaedia of Civil Defense and Emergency Management Fiorello LaGuardia was born in New York City of immigrant parents and raised in the Southwest. Roosevelt's criticism of LaGuardia centered around his supposed lack of capability to administer a large national program, his failure to involve volunteers, and a lack of enthusiasm for social welfare, women's mobilization, cultural, and physical fitness programs under the Civil Defense name. His involvement with Civil Defense was by all accounts enthusiastic and sincere, but on the national level he did not mesh well in style or doctrine with his deputy Eleanor Roosevelt, who appears to have played a significant part in engineering his removal in favor of James Landis in 1942. www.richmond.edu /~wgreen/ECDlaguardia.html   (437 words)

Printer Friendly Version - Reminder of excellence Fiorello, who died in 1947, would be delighted to know that today his kids no longer need trudge up to the forbidding Castle on the Hill. But Fiorello, being Fiorello, got his way - although his school, located in the annex of another school's physical plant at a remote site in northern Manhattan called "The Castle on the Hill," was not easily accessible to most of its students. The 'art' half of "Music and Art" was something of a tack-on feature, as far as LaGuardia was concerned, but the school was unabashedly the mayor's pet project. www.nydailynews.com /city_life/v-pfriendly/story/188440p-163115c.html   (574 words)

The religion of Fiorello LaGuardia, New York City mayor The son of immigrants of Italian and Jewish ancestry, Fiorello LaGuardia, or "Little Flower," is widely regarded as one of the best mayors in New York City history, whose tenure redefined the office. LaGuardia was elected to Congress in 1916 on a Republican ticket, interrupting his term to serve as a decorated pilot on the Italian front in World War I (his plane was named the Congressional Limited). LaGuardia's psychological effect on New York City was equally profound, restoring faith in city government by demanding excellence from civil servants. www.adherents.com /people/pl/Fiorello_LaGuardia.html   (844 words)

Fiorello LaGuardia Laguardia cleaned up New York government and was renowned for his hard work and great energy. Colorful New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia was born in New York City in 1882. In 1933 he was elected on a fusion ticket to replace the corrupt Jimmy Walker as mayor of New York. www.multied.com /Bio/people/LaGuardia.html   (85 words)

NIAF MileStones Fiorello H. LaGuardia (1882- 1947), arguably the most famous Italian American political figure of all time, was virtually a legend in his time. Fiorello H LaGuardia, the first Italian American elected mayor of New York City. Although LaGuardia's first effort to become mayor in 1929 was unsuccessful, he nevertheless persisted in the dream and was elected as a fusion party candidate in 1933. www.niaf.org /milestones/year_1933.asp   (419 words)

Highfivetix.org Review of FIORELLO! The New York skyline quietly supports the entire political drama, the story of the ascent of Fiorello LaGuardia. This memorable moment is the starting point for the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Fiorello, which is the story of how this excitable man became mayor by standing up for the average worker and beating the powerful and corrupt Tammany machine. LaGuardia's secretary Marie is played by Barbara Zaid as likeably earnest, hardworking and loyal... members.aol.com /Bartsweb/shows/hi5fio.htm   (326 words)

Jewish Web Index - Make it easier for you to do your personal research When Fiorello LaGuardia was elected to Congress in 1922, the first bill he introduced called for the death penalty for "scavengers" who supplied tainted food to the military. Fiorello LaGuardia chose not to wear his Jewish heritage on his sleeve. LaGuardia was born in Greenwich Village in 1882 to Achille Luigi Carlo LaGuardia, a Catholic, and Irene Luzzato Coen, who had been raised in an observant Jewish home in Trieste. jewishwebindex.com /fiorello.htm   (766 words)

LaGuardia Community College: Student ePortfolio Our college is named after one of the most fascinating and important people in the history of New York City, Fiorello LaGuardia. LaGuardia Student ePortfolios: Here are a few sample ePortfolios created by LaGuardia students during the course of a single semester. The ePortfolio at LaGuardia has completed a pilot year, and about 800 students have started working on their portfolios. www.eportfolio.lagcc.cuny.edu /samples.html   (334 words)

Forgotten History Fiorello LaGuardia is best know as the colorful mayor of New York City but his years as a member of the House of Representatives speak to a man who was far more radical than during his years as mayor. LaGuardia often spoke out against these laws which he saw as both unenforceable and aimed at immigrants. You and your department, cruel, inhuman, narrow-minded, prejudiced attitude against immigrants have been rebuked all over the country." LaGuardia spoke against the political deportations of suspected radicals, arguing that they were targeted because of their ethnicity. www.angelfire.com /hi2/joyjoyjoy/ForgottenHistory.html   (538 words)

Boston.com / News / World / Middle East / Israel can't spell 'LaGuardia' street Israelis honored legendary New York City mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, revered by many in the country for his strong Zionist sympathies, by naming a Tel Aviv street after him. JERUSALEM -- Israelis honored legendary New York City mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, revered by many in the country for his strong Zionist sympathies, by naming a Tel Aviv street after him. LaGuardia Street, a major thoroughfare in south Tel Aviv named for the man who led New York from 1933 to 1945, has been known to generations of Israelis as "LaGardia Street" because the original misspelling -- reflecting the lack of a "u" in Hebrew -- was never corrected. www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/02/14/israel_cant_spell_laguardia_street   (335 words)

Hero Arts Stamps The Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art is located near the Juilliard School in the Lincoln Center district of Manhattan, on Amsterdam Avenue between 65th Street and 64th Street. Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School Of Music & Art And Performing Arts LaGuardia H.S. is the only arts school among New York City's four specialized high schools, which receive special funding and offer specialized courses of study. www.blownspeakers.com /pages3/41/hero-arts-stamps.html   (1164 words)

Amazon.com: Books: The Great Mayor: Fiorello La Guardia and the Making of the City of New York The Napoleon of New York: Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia by H. LaGuardia was mayor of New York City from 1933 to 1945, an unprecedented series of three, four-year terms--and this after serving seven terms in Congress. LaGuardia was an energenic human dynamo, and acted in what he thought were the best interests of those he was elected to represent. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312287372?v=glance   (1948 words)

AMAsearchdetail Fiorello Henry LaGuardia was born in New York City in 1882. LaGuardia Airport in New York City is named in his honor. LaGuardia, called the "Little Flower," worked to do away with municipal corruption and started slum clearance and low cost housing. www.fofweb.com /onfiles/ama/amasearchdetail.asp?recordpin=8025   (145 words)

LaGuardia Arts Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, e-mail us at Currently, LaGuardia Arts is one of the four specialized high schools in New York City, as established by the New York State Legislature in 1972. It is important to note that LaGuardia Arts was the first school in the nation to provide a free, publicly funded program for students with unique talents in the arts. www.laguardiahs.org /about/history.html   (402 words)

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Glurge Gallery (LaGuardian Angel) Mayor LaGuardia, the present incumbent, rates a whole book for himself, but as long as he's mayor of the town we all work in, I'd better be careful. New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia once took over a courtroom and charged everyone present 50¢ to pay the fine of an old woman accused of shoplifting a loaf of bread. LaGuardia dismissed the judge for the evening and took over the bench himself. www.snopes.com /glurge/laguardia.asp   (2049 words)

Variety.com - Reviews - Fiorello! For the inaugural presentation of the restored Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Staten Island, the appropriate nod goes to the classic tunertuner about beloved former New York mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia. The celebrated Fiorello warmth is there, as is the crusty plight of a determined and impulsive politico on the campaign trail. As LaGuardia's first wife, Danielle Grabianowski reveals a feathery winsomeness that makes her sudden demise all the more tragic. www.variety.com /review/VE1117922940?categoryid=33&cs=1   (722 words)

Application File - General "LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York is named for Fiorello H. LaGuardia, New York City's New Deal Mayor, who united and inspired a city of immigrants. Dr. Leonard Vogt of LaGuardia's English Department teaches collaboratively in LaGuardia's Learning Communities. He is particularly interested in the teaching/learning dynamic when students receive a large body of new material that conflicts with their current values. lumen.georgetown.edu /vkp/profiles/Public/dsp_institutionpage.cfm?id=6   (347 words)

Fiorello H. LaGuardia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fiorello Enrico LaGuardia (December 11, 1882–September 20, 1947) was the Mayor of New York from 1934 to 1945. LaGuardia was born in The Bronx to an Italian lapsed-Catholic father and a Hungarian mother of Jewish origin from Trieste, and he was raised an Episcopalian. LaGuardia was elected mayor of New York City on an anti-corruption "fusion" ticket during the Great Depression, which united him in an uneasy alliance with New York's Jews and liberal bluebloods (Wasps). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fiorello_H._LaGuardia   (814 words)

I Like Mike for U.S. Senate LaGuardia, Fiorello Henry, 1882-1947, mayor of NEW YORK CITY (1934-45); b. LaGuardia himself ushered in success with many governmental and legislative reforms both as Mayor of New York City, and as U.S. Congressman. The "Tammany Hall" corrupt political machinery was linked to criminal activities. ilikemike.50megs.com /laguardia.htm   (627 words)

"Fiorello" in San Francisco The first successful collaboration for composer Jerry Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick, "Fiorello" tackles the story of Fiorello LaGuardia's challenge to the vice-ridden Tammany Hall political gang and his rise to become mayor of New York City. "Fiorello" is not your basic musical comedy and Coppola's respect of the show and the audience showed in his intelligent approach. "Fiorello" provides three strong female roles and all three actresses made the most of their respective roles with well realized performances. www.frugalfun.com /fiorello.html   (1005 words)

Amazon.com: Music: Fiorello! (1959 Original Broadway Cast) [CAST RECORDING] The latter turned a not particularly appetizing topic--the years leading to Fiorello LaGuardia's election as mayor of New York--into a great musical. FIORELLO was the 3rd musical in history to be awarded the Pulizer Prize for drama. This 1959 recording, which remained on the Billboard charts for 89 week and peaked at #7, even manages to avoid a lot of the technical problems we have come to associated with records from the 1950s represented in CD format. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002SOJ?v=glance   (2130 words)

Mayor Laguardia's Eulogy to Nikola Tesla The Mayor of the City of New York, Fiorello LaGuardia delivered a eulogy to Tesla. LaGuardia's eulogy to Tesla over New York Radio was on January 10, 1943, three days after his death. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's Eulogy to Nikola Tesla on January 10, 1943. www.teslasociety.com /eulogy.htm   (254 words)

History Channel - Speeches - Fiorello LaGuardia, mayor of New York City: Imposes curfew to halt Harlem rioting In order to head off the kind of violence that left some 30 dead in Detroit, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia reached out to his city's African American community by denouncing a union that had barred an African American from its war plant and launching a citywide campaign for unity. History Channel - Speeches - Fiorello LaGuardia, mayor of New York City: Imposes curfew to halt Harlem rioting At 10:30 p.m., a curfew was declared by Mayor LaGuardia, and Army troops were posted on street corners in Harlem. www.historychannel.com /speeches/archive/speech_455.html   (369 words)

HomePage Named after New York City's scrappy, innovative, and farsighted Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, LaGuardia Community College is alive with promise. The LaGuardia Community College Foundation has received over $400,000 for its endowment and scholarship since it's founding March 2003, with the sole purpose of assisting the College to raise private funds to assist our students. The LaGuardia Foundation also encourages all donors and friends to become involved in all aspects of College activities. www.lagcc.cuny.edu /lagfoundation   (299 words)

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