La Guardia Aviation Terrace, New York 1942 USA 000 cubic yards of the

000 cubic yards of the ground were excavated at depths of up to 10 floors

No doubt using the expertise he gained when he was a bootlegger in his home state and when first opened the Stork Club as a speakeasy in the roaring Twenties when Prohibition was still in force

There were street demonstrations by far-right leagues and anti-fascist groups

the hotel was mostly dry apart from the Coal Hole

several top-class restaurants and Masonic Temples in the basement

La Guardia Aviation Terrace, New York 1942 USA 000 cubic yards of theThis wonderfully detailed map was created by celebrated artist Eric Sloane. It features his signature hand calligraphy and lettering as well as a host of witty vignettes. Sloane "began painting rustic landscapes in the tradition of the Hudson River School. In the 1950s, he began spending part of the year in Taos, New Mexico, where he painted western landscapes and particularly luminous depictions of the desert sky. In his career as a painter, he