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2 unusual facts about Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School


Brian O'Dwyer

He attended the High School of Music and Art.

Juhn Jai-hong

He moved to the United States at the age of 15 and after graduating from the prestigious Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, he continued studying the art of singing in Vienna, Austria.


Bronx–Whitestone Bridge

The Bronx–Whitestone Bridge opened on April 29, 1939, in festivities led by then-Mayor of New York City Fiorello H. La Guardia.

Edward Abraham Byrne

The administration headed by Fiorello H. La Guardia assumed the Mayor's office on January 1, 1934, with a mandate for a "clean sweep", and the complete reorganization of the Triborough Bridge Authority was among the changes which followed.

John P. O'Brien

Although he is credited with expanding the city's ability to collect taxes, restoring order to the city's finances, and trimming the budget, O'Brien was defeated for re-election in a three-way race by the colorful Republican-City Fusion Party candidate, Fiorello H. La Guardia, in November 1933.

John Wolfe Ambrose

Also, a memorial bust monument of Ambrose was erected in his honor and originally unveiled at Battery Park in 1936 by his family and Mayor Fiorello La Guardia.

Michelle Brooke

She attended St Bernards School Bklyn, New York (1990), also briefly attended South Shore in Brooklyn, New York (1995), and Majored in Dance at NYC Performing Arts HS Fiorello H. La Guardia New York, New York (1995) and trained at Broadway Dance Center and steps on broadway.

Norris–La Guardia Act

The common title comes from the names of the sponsors of the legislation: Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska and Representative Fiorello H. La Guardia of New York, both Republicans.

Simone Schaller

Upon her return she, along with her teammates, were given the key to New York City by mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia.

Sunday comics

Most notably, on July 8, 1945, during a New York newspaper deliverers' strike, New York mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia read comic strips over the radio.

William G. Tachau

Like many New York architectural firms active during the Great Depression, Tachau and Vought worked in “almost continuous employment on Federal, State or City work,” including on Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia’s list of architects since its inception.


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