Fiorello La Guardia was the greatest NYC mayor ever

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Posted by avikonen on Dec-15-2006 15:53:

Fiorello La Guardia was the greatest NYC mayor ever

The more I read about the man, the more I am impressed with what he was able to accomplish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiorello_H._LaGuardia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGuardia_Commission

Posted by Konijn on Dec-15-2006 15:57:

he absolutely was, and probably the third most influential person in nyc history behind dewitt clinton and robert moses =)

shouts to the little flower

Posted by danlaxx1 on Dec-15-2006 15:58:

Anybody who has an airport named after them is alright in my book.

Posted by djquick83 on Dec-17-2006 00:09:

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Originally posted by danlaxx1
Anybody who has an airport named after them is alright in my book.

And a highschool and college as well I think.

Posted by verndogs on Dec-17-2006 01:24:

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Originally posted by djquick83
And a highschool and college as well I think.

and the musical Fiorello!

Posted by AY STAR on Dec-17-2006 01:47:

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Originally posted by Konijn
he absolutely was, and probably the third most influential person in nyc history behind dewitt clinton and robert moses =)

shouts to the little flower

robert moses did alot for this city but he was a sick racist
alot of his parks are out in long island and he wanted them out there cause it was prodominatly white out there and he wanted it that way
dont get me wrong he did alot for this city with other parks and gettin bridges and stuff built but he was a racist i found this out the other day i was shocked

Posted by Konijn on Dec-17-2006 02:47:

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Originally posted by AY STAR
robert moses did alot for this city but he was a sick racist
alot of his parks are out in long island and he wanted them out there cause it was prodominatly white out there and he wanted it that way
dont get me wrong he did alot for this city with other parks and gettin bridges and stuff built but he was a racist i found this out the other day i was shocked

i said influential, not 'super-dooper awesome'

and much of his negative impact manifested itself in ways far more severe than building a few parks for whitey on long island...

all new yorkers should read the "power broker" by robert caro at some point in their life (though more recent scholarship is attempting to give moses a historical facelift of sorts...)

Posted by DJ Eco on Dec-17-2006 07:57:

Re: Fiorello La Guardia was the greatest NYC mayor ever

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Originally posted by avikonen
The more I read about the man, the more I am impressed with what he was able to accomplish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiorello_H._LaGuardia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGuardia_Commission

italian-american power, baby!! hes part of the list of people i should be proud of as a kid, as taught by my mom, along with names like cuomo, tony bennett, geraldine ferraro, fermi, meucci, and more!!... w00t, i like this post haha

Posted by dj tek on Dec-18-2006 13:53:

Re: Re: Fiorello La Guardia was the greatest NYC mayor ever

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Originally posted by DJ Eco
italian-american power, baby!! hes part of the list of people i should be proud of as a kid, as taught by my mom, along with names like cuomo, tony bennett, geraldine ferraro, fermi, meucci, and more!!... w00t, i like this post haha

gambino, castalano, gravano, gotti.....