LaGuardia Airport
About LaGuardia Airport
LaGuardia Airport, colloquially known as LaGuardia or LGA, is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, United States, situated on the northwestern shore of Long Island, bordering Flushing Bay. Covering 680 acres as of January 1, 2026, the facility was established in 1929, and began operating as a public airport in 1939. It is named after Fiorello H. La Guardia, a former mayor of New York City.
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The mayor of New York was Fiorella LaGuardia, so LaGuardia Airport is named after him. In 1935 he walked into one of the biggest markets in New York City and announced baby artichokes off the menu, saying: "I like artichokes, particularly with Hollandaise sauce, but the ban will remain in force until the grip of the racketeers is broken."
from 413: No Such Thing As Squid Playing Games, 2022-02-11 at 00:16:08 · read transcript
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The only thing I know about artichokes is they make you fart, so I don't know. Anyway, so he was the one who was in charge of it. When LaGuardia said, you can't sell artichokes, then he had no one to sell his artichokes to. All the shops said, okay we're not going to do it. One or two people did carry on selling them, but they all got their licenses taken off them.
No Such Thing As Squid Playing Games, 2022-02-11 · listen
I did go in 2013, although no one turned up that year because all the moon rakers are defected to the rhubarb festival at Wakefield. Can't be that fucking good, Avril. He had been an absolute millionaire because of all these arts jokes he was selling. Three or four years later, he was gone, completely penniless. That was just like one week's work by LaGuardia. He was Artie Broke, I believe, was the submission from the, very nice, very nice indeed. Definitely worth it, that. Done.
422: No Such Thing as The Long Kiss Good Brie, 2022-04-15 · listen
The only thing I know about artichokes is they make you fat, so I don't know. Anyway, so he was the one who was in charge of it and when LaGuardia said, you can't sell artichokes, then he had no one to sell his artichokes to and all the shops said, okay we're not going to do it. One or two people did carry on selling them but they all got their licenses taken off them.
413: No Such Thing As Squid Playing Games, 2022-02-11 · listen
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