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La Guardia Airport
La Guardia was built on fairgrounds previously used by the Gala Amusement Park. It originally opened as a private flying field named Glenn H. Curtiss Airport. It was later named North Beach Airport before being turned into a commercial airport and named New York Municipal Airport in 1939. It was renamed La Guardia, after the NYC mayor that championed it, in 1947.
Images are from NYC.gov. You can navigate the map for yourself here:
gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/
La Guardia Airport
La Guardia was built on fairgrounds previously used by the Gala Amusement Park. It originally opened as a private flying field named Glenn H. Curtiss Airport. It was later named North Beach Airport before being turned into a commercial airport and named New York Municipal Airport in 1939. It was renamed La Guardia, after the NYC mayor that championed it, in 1947.
Images are from NYC.gov. You can navigate the map for yourself here:
gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/