Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1937/05/02 Duffy square and the statue of Father Duffy are dedicated. Presider Father Francis D Duffy Statue and Duffy Square New York City
1939/06/10 New York City's Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and New York Governor Herbert Lehman greet King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at The Battery. Dignitary Battery Park, NYC New York City King George VI and Queen Elizabeth State Visit of Canada
1939/06/10 Mayor LaGuardia ask the fair president, "What the hell are you doing?" Whalen, running after the royal party, replies: "Don't ask me, Fiorello. Ask him?". Dignitary King George and Queen Elizabeth Visit the New York World's Fair
1941/02/00 Mayor Fiorello La Guardia has the "Civic Virtue Triumphant Over Unrighteousness" sculpture moved to Queeens. La Guardia hates the sculpture, calling it "Fat Boy" and resents being confronted with naked buttocks each time he leaves City Hall. New York Mayor New York City Hall New York City
1942/00/00 After Parks Commissioner Robert Moses decides it is time to designate Gracie Mansion the official residene of NYC mayors, Fiorello La Guardia becomes the first to reside at Gracie Mansion. Home Gracie Mansion New York City
1943/12/18 After enlarging the stage and furnishing their offices, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union's headquarters are dedicating by NYC mayors La Guardia and Jimmy Walker. Dignitary Tammany Hall Building, NYC New York City
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