Bob Carroll may not bear quite as close a physical resemblance to LaGuardia as Tom Bosley does, but I was amazed at the way he became more and more Fiorello as the evening progressed, until one had to catch one's self up and remember that this wasn't really LaGuardia come back among us again.

Charlotte Fairchild was excellent as the loyal Marie, who became the second Mrs. LaGuardia, singing and acting with remarkable conviction.

Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (; born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia ; December 11, 1882September 20, 1947 ) was Mayor of New York for three terms from 1934 to 1945 as a Republican.

LaGuardia, a Republican who appealed across party lines, was very popular in New York during the 1930s.

LaGuardia was a domineering leader who verged on authoritarianism but whose reform politics were carefully tailored to address the sentiments of his diverse constituency.

LaGuardia was born in Greenwich Village in New York City to two Italian immigrant parents.

As a congressman, LaGuardia represented an ethnically diverse slum district in East Harlem and, although barred from important committee posts because of his political independence, he was a tireless and vocal champion of Progressive causes.

LaGuardia took office on March 4, 1917 but soon was commissioned in the United States Army Air Service ; he rose to the rank of major in command of a unit of Ca. 44 bombers on the Italian-Austrian front in World War I. LaGuardia resigned his seat in Congress on December 31, 1919.

In 1919, LaGuardia was chosen to run as the Republican candidate for the office of President of the New York City Board of Aldermen.

This number was sufficient to defeat Moran, who lost to LaGuardia by only 1, 363 votes.

As a congressman, LaGuardia was a tireless and vocal champion of progressive causes, from allowing more immigration and removing U. S. troops from Nicaragua to speaking up for the rights and livelihoods of striking miners, impoverished farmers, oppressed minorities, and struggling families.

1932 was not a good year for Republican candidates like LaGuardia, and the 20th Congressional district was shifting from a Jewish and Italian-American population to a Puerto Rican population.

However, it has also been argued that powerful Tammany Hall boss Jimmy Hines was able to successfully get enough votes forged to get LaGuardia unseated in this election as well.

Walker and his Irish-run Tammany Hall were forced out of office by scandal and LaGuardia was determined to replace him.

LaGuardia was not an orthodox Republican.

LaGuardia was the city's first Italian-American mayor, but was not a typical Italian New Yorker.

1939 was a busy year, as he opened the 1939 New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, opened New York Municipal Airport No. 2 in Queens ( later renamed Fiorello H. LaGuardia Field ), and had the city buy out the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, thus completing the public takeover of the subway system.

Roosevelt was an admirer of LaGuardia ; after meeting Winston Churchill for the first time he described him as " an English Mayor LaGuardia.

FDR refused to make LaGuardia a general and was unable to provide fresh money for the city.

* In addition to LaGuardia High School, a number of other institutions are also named for him, including LaGuardia Community College.

* LaGuardia Place, a street in Greenwich Village which runs from Houston Street to Washington Square, is named for La Guardia ; there is also a statue of the mayor on that street.

The Port Authority Bus Terminal and the PATH rail system are also run by the Port Authority, as well as LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, Teterboro Airport and Stewart International Airport.

Delta Air Lines ' Delta Shuttle also offers near-hourly air shuttle service to LaGuardia.

LaGuardia also offers Advanced Placement courses in English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Spanish, French, Italian and Japanese languages, World History, United States History, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science, Art History and Music Theory.

Mainline flights to Austin, Columbus, New York ( LaGuardia ) and St. Louis were also dropped.

In the 1970's, Southern flew nonstop Douglas DC-9 jet service to Atlanta and New Orleans, and also operated direct, no change of plane DC-9 jet service to Memphis, St. Louis, Washington D. C. ( Dulles Airport ), New York City ( LaGuardia Airport ), Miami, Minneapolis / St.

The site was chosen when Mayor LaGuardia decided that Queens, like Brooklyn, also deserved to have a college.

At one point, Delta also operated direct, no change of plane Boeing 727-200 jet service from Beaumont / Port Arthur to New York LaGuardia Airport.

Dinkins also signed a last minute 99-year lease with the USTA National Tennis Center, including strict limitations on flights in and out of neighboring LaGuardia Airport during the US Open.

He fostered a close relationship with Douglas Aircraft that led American to become a key adopter of the Douglas DC-3 and DC-6: he was also one of the early proponents of what is now LaGuardia Airport in New York City.

131, a middle school in The Bronx, and also attended the famed Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing, but moved back to Florida before he could graduate.

Carl Lumbly, Martin Kove, and Sidney Clute also co-star respectively as fellow detectives Marcus Petrie, Victor Isbecki, and Paul LaGuardia.

Competing for New Haven's air travelers was Groton / New London based Pilgrim Airlines, also operating flights to New York / JFK and LaGuardia, as well as Boston, using Twin Otters and F-27 aircraft.

LaGuardia Airport and its Runway # Orientation and dimensions | 4 / 22 runway Land reclamation | stretch can also be seen, just 250 feet ( 75 m ) from the island.

The airline also was a leader in the adoption of advanced technologies ; it introduced some of the first passenger self-service check-in kiosks in coordination with Kinetics at its LaGuardia base and partnered with LapStop, a startup firm which rented laptop computers to passengers.

Investigators also found that the deicing procedures at LaGuardia were substandard.

Investigators also focused on deicing practices at LaGuardia.

They also ordered a study on the “ feasibility of building a frangible ILS antenna array for LaGuardia Airport ” Further, they ordered a review of Fokker F28-4000 passenger safety briefing cards " to ensure that they clearly and accurately depict the operation of the two types of forward cabin doors in both their normal and emergency modes and that they describe clearly and accurately how to remove the overwing emergency exit and cover.

This Delta timetable also lists onestop, no change of plane direct jet service from Shreveport to New York LaGuardia Airport, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Reagan National Airport in Washington, D. C., Phoenix, Denver, Chicago and St. Louis.

The parkway proceeds east past St. Michaels Cemetery, entering exit 5, which serves 82nd Street and Astoria Boulevard in East Elmhurst, also connecting to the Marine Air Terminal and Terminal A of Fiorello LaGuardia Airport.

As he had made no provision for her, she lived in very reduced circumstances, in a LaGuardia public housing project in Queens, New York, until her death in 1962.