A bus station or a bus interchange is a structure where city buses or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. While the term bus depot can also be used to refer to a bus station, it can also refer to a bus garage . A bus station is larger than a bus stop , which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can stop. It may be intended as a terminal station for a number of routes, or as a transfer station where the routes continue.
147-724: The Port Authority Bus Terminal (colloquially known as the Port Authority and by its acronym PABT ) is a bus terminal located in Manhattan in New York City . It is the busiest bus terminal in the world by volume of traffic, serving about 8,000 buses and 225,000 people on an average weekday and more than 65 million people a year. The terminal is located in Midtown Manhattan at 625 Eighth Avenue between 40th Street and 42nd Street , one block east of
294-404: A United States Postal Service branch station, as well as a variety of restaurants and bars throughout the terminal. Frames, a bowling alley (previously long known as Leisure Time Bowling) occupies a large space on the 2nd floor. Men's and women's restrooms in the bus terminal have been the subject of media attention; the women's restroom on the second floor is the terminal's busiest. It acts as
441-496: A coffeehouse in late 1971 for elderly residents of the area who frequented the terminal, and the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission installed a taxi-dispatch system at the terminal in 1972. Meanwhile, the terminal still accommodated an average of 250,000 passengers daily by 1975, even as the number of buses traveling to the terminal had started to decline in 1968. Hustlers, pimps, prostitutes, alcoholics, and
588-594: A $ 100,000 check to the Italian Consul General, part of a total $ 700,000 raised from Italian-Americans to help fund the invasion. La Guardia sponsored labor legislation and railed against immigration quotas. His major legislation was the Norris–La Guardia Act , cosponsored with Nebraska senator George Norris in 1932. It circumvented Supreme Court limitations on the activities of labor unions, especially as those limitations were imposed between
735-546: A 1,000-space parking lot would be built above the existing roof. That December, the Port of New York Authority approved $ 24 million for the expansion of the terminal and for the widening of several ramps leading from the terminal to the Lincoln Tunnel. Construction of the expansion took place during off-peak hours to minimize disruptions to bus service. As part of an experiment in 1960, the Port of New York Authority installed
882-642: A 45-story office tower with an overall height of 855 feet (261 m). The agreement expired in August 2009, and in May 2010, Vornado was given a retroactive extension on the deadline to August 2011. In July 2011, Vornado announced they had found a new partner to partially finance the tower, but in November 2011, the new backers pulled out of the project. In June 2014, the PANYNJ received a higher price than anticipated for
1029-503: A CCTV system in 1966 in an attempt to reduce crime. The New York Times reported in 1969 that hustlers frequently harassed the terminal's passengers; at the time, the Port Authority Police Department arrested 130 people per month. By the early 1970s, the PANYNJ had redecorated some of the terminal's spaces, adding glass enclosures and rubber trees in an attempt to discourage loiterers. The PANYNJ also built
1176-433: A Democrat, but Tammany Hall leader James Joseph Hines opposed him and had the nomination given to James J. Lanzetta . Lanzetta defeated La Guardia in the election due to the coattail effect of Franklin D. Roosevelt 's victory in the presidential election . Robert M. La Follette Jr. stated that "the people have temporarily lost one of their most faithful servants". La Guardia was interested in airplanes and served as
1323-589: A black New York newspaper, the Amsterdam News , subsequently published it in serial form. La Guardia governed in an uneasy alliance with New York's Jews and liberal WASPs , together with ethnic Italians and Germans. An unorthodox Republican, he also ran as the nominee of the American Labor Party , a union-dominated anti- Tammany left wing group that supported Roosevelt for president beginning in 1936. La Guardia supported Roosevelt, chairing
1470-489: A canopy above one of the loading slips to shield commuters from buses' emissions. The first of 30 "legs" supporting the new parking lot were installed in November 1960, and the existing parking lot was closed the following March. The expansion topped out in June 1961, and a bridge connecting the expanded terminal with the Lincoln Tunnel was installed two months later. The Port of New York Authority sold $ 25 million in bonds for
1617-668: A clerk at the U.S. consulate in Budapest and worked there from 1901 to 1904. He then served as the agent in charge of the US consulate in Fiume from 1904 to 1906. He left Europe after failing to gain a promotion to consul-general in Fiume or an appointment as consul-general in Belgrade . He worked as an interpreter for the immigration services at Ellis Island from November 6, 1907, to 1910. He
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#17327652433821764-604: A director and attorney for Giuseppe Mario Bellanca 's company. He enlisted to fight in World War I and was promoted to captain by October 1917. He and Major General William Ord Ryan trained Italian pilots in Foggia . La Guardia became certified to fly on December 12, 1917. King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy gave him the Flying Cross. La Guardia rose to the rank of major in command of a unit of Caproni Ca.44 bombers on
1911-534: A former Democrat, running as the Liberty Party candidate. La Guardia supported Republican presidential and gubernatorial candidates Warren G. Harding and Nathan L. Miller during the 1920 election. However, he later attacked Miller for his public transit policies and getting rid of welfare programs. His opposition to Miller ruined his chances in the 1921 mayoral election and the Republican nomination
2058-523: A labor strike in the middle of that year. Despite this, the terminal was substantially complete by November 1, 1950. The project had employed 1,055 men and used 1.53 million bricks and 1.22 million square feet (113,000 m) of concrete. The original Mid-Manhattan Bus Terminal (now PABT's South Wing), built in the International Style , was opened on December 15, 1950. The four-story terminal measured 200 by 800 feet (61 by 244 m) and
2205-590: A limited number of routes which use PABT. PABT is the gateway for most bus and jitney traffic entering Manhattan with more than 190,000 passengers on 6,000 bus trips made through the Lincoln Tunnel and terminal daily. The Lincoln Tunnel Approach and Helix (Route 495) in Hudson County, New Jersey passes through a cut and descends the Hudson Palisades to the Lincoln Tunnel; PABT
2352-483: A makeup counter, frequented by crowds daily due to its lighting, large mirrors, and cleanliness, a noted contrast to the rest of the unpopular terminal. The men's restrooms are the subject of an ongoing lawsuit against the Port Authority's police department. The lawsuit exposed a trend of plainclothes officers targeting homosexual or effeminate men at the bus terminal's restrooms. Five officers, of about 1,700 in
2499-541: A minority of reform-minded Democrats, Socialists, a large proportion of middle-class Jews, and the great majority of Italians, whose votes had previously been overwhelmingly loyal to Tammany. During his mayoralty, La Guardia served as president of the United States Conference of Mayors from 1935 until 1945. La Guardia came to office in January 1934 with five main goals: La Guardia achieved most of
2646-471: A mistake, it's a beaut." La Guardia criticized the gangsters who brought a negative stereotype and shame to the Italian community . His first action as mayor was to order the chief of police to arrest mob boss Lucky Luciano on whatever charges could be found. La Guardia then went after the gangsters with a vengeance, stating in a radio address to the people of New York in his distinct voice, "Let's drive
2793-419: A net loss during its first five years, in part due to high operating expenses, debt charges, and interest costs. In September 1959, the Port of New York Authority announced that it would spend $ 19 million to increase the bus terminal's capacity by 50 percent. The plans involved converting the existing parking lot atop the building with 25 spaces for long-haul buses and 32 spaces for short-haul buses. In addition,
2940-409: A new facade comprising 27 steel X-shaped trusses. Assessing the facade design in 2008, Virtualtourist listed the terminal as one of the "World's Top 10 Ugliest Buildings and Monuments". The northern annex included 50 loading slips, with space for another 25 slips, as well as a 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) arcade recessed from the 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue facades. In the late 1970s and early 1980s,
3087-699: A new terminal on the site, building a new terminal elsewhere, or moving intercity buses elsewhere while renovations took place in the existing terminal. In anticipation of opportunities that reconstruction of the bus terminal will portend, the Hell's Kitchen South Coalition produced its own plan for the area. In January 2021, the PANYNJ released plans for reconstructing the terminal on the same site, with expansion of bus layover facilities. The PANYNJ hired architects Boston-based Foster + Partners and Chicago-based design and engineering firm Epstein Global in August 2022 to design
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#17327652433823234-491: A primary with Miller. La Guardia favored Smith, the Democratic nominee, during the 1928 presidential election . La Guardia ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 14th congressional district during the 1914 election . He chose to run as he noticed during a 25th Assembly district Republican club meeting that nobody was nominated for it as Frederick Marshall unexpectedly withdrew. The district
3381-543: A ramp to the 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue subway station just before the terminal opened. During its first year, the Port Authority Bus Terminal accommodated 40 million passengers; the terminal's construction was credited with diverting 5,000 buses per day from street-level bus stops. The terminal had replaced a series of coffee shops frequented by the elderly; after the coffee shops had been demolished, patrons of these establishments began meeting at
3528-599: A reputation for his disdain of isolationism ; instead he supported using American influence abroad on behalf of democracy or for national independence or against autocracy. He used his influence to speak in favor of the League of Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union as well as peace and disarmament conferences. Keeping in line with these beliefs, La Guardia supported the Irish independence movement and
3675-587: A steamship company clerk, stenographer at Pratt Institute , and a clerk for Abercrombie & Fitch . In 1912, around 60,000 garment workers went on strike and La Guardia, who was friends with August Bellanca , gave speeches in Italian and Yiddish in support of the strike. La Guardia graduated from the Dwight School , a private school on the Upper West Side of New York City. He graduated from
3822-404: A ticket before boarding. In April 2012, NJT began re-equipping machines that would give change for those paying cash with bills rather than $ 1 coins . NJT also accepts contactless payment systems (such as Apple Pay and Google Pay ) at TVMs, NJT's mobile app, and ticket windows. There are 223 departure gates of either saw-tooth (pull-in) or island platform (pull-through) design at PABT. At
3969-598: A volunteer talent program, and dancers to start a physical fitness program. That led to widespread ridicule and the president replaced both of them in December 1941 with a full-time director James M. Landis . The war ended the Great Depression in the city. Unemployment ended, and the city was a gateway for military supplies and soldiers sent to Europe, with the Brooklyn Navy Yard providing many of
4116-723: A worker from joining a union. La Guardia opposed an attempt to raise the sales tax during the Great Depression and instead supported taxes on luxury items and a graduated income tax for people earning more than $ 100,000. La Guardia supported the League of Nations . He called for Fiume to be given to Italy despite it being promised to Yugoslavia by the Treaty of London . He supported the February Revolution , but criticized Ambassador David R. Francis for supporting Alexander Kerensky rather than Lavr Kornilov . La Guardia had
4263-564: A year. Achille, a former Catholic , was an atheist and Irene was a nonpracticing Jew. Achille prohibited his children from speaking Italian and Fiorello would not become proficient in Italian until his time as a consular agent. Achille enlisted in the United States Army in 1885, and served in the 11th Infantry Regiment as a warrant officer and chief musician. His family lived in the Dakota Territory , New York, and
4410-600: Is Kamppi Centre in Helsinki, Finland completed in 2006. The terminal cost 100 million Euro to complete and took 3 years to design and build. Today, the bus terminal, which covers 25,000 square meters, is the busiest bus terminal in Finland. Every day, the terminal has around 700 bus departures, transporting approximately 170,000 passengers. Preston Bus Station in Preston, England, built in 1969 and later heritage-listed ,
4557-419: Is a major transit hub for residents of New Jersey . It has 223 departure gates and 1,250 car parking spaces, as well as commercial and retail space. In 2011, there were more than 2.263 million bus departures from the terminal. Opened in 1950, the terminal was built to consolidate several private terminals spread across Midtown Manhattan . A second wing, extending to 42nd Street , was added in 1979. Since then,
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4704-604: Is a need for a new bus depot in Midtown. In a joint study by New York City and PANYNJ, it was determined that a preferred location for a bus depot was at Galvin Plaza located on 39th to 40th Streets between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues. However, this proposed location for commuter buses would not have capacity for charter buses and tour buses . The PANYNJ announced considerable toll increases on its crossings between New York and New Jersey in August 2011, citing as one of their reasons
4851-486: Is given credit for many massive public works programs administered by his powerful Parks Commissioner Robert Moses , which employed thousands of voters. The mayor's relentless lobbying for federal funds allowed New York to develop its economic infrastructure. To obtain large-scale federal money the mayor became a close ally of Roosevelt and New Deal agencies such as the CWA , PWA , and WPA , which poured $ 1.1 billion into
4998-488: Is located at the other end. Starting in 1964, studies were conducted to address the feasibility of an exclusive bus lane (XBL) during the weekday morning peak period. The XBL, first implemented in 1970, serves weekday eastbound bus traffic between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. The lane is fed by the New Jersey Turnpike at Exits 16E and 17 and New Jersey Route 3 . The helix, tunnel, and terminal are owned and operated by
5145-435: The 1912 presidential election and replaced William Chadbourne as district captain due to Chadbourne's support for Theodore Roosevelt 's third-party campaign. La Guardia refused to support John Purroy Mitchel 's Fusion campaign during the 1913 mayoral election despite Mitchel's support among Republicans. Republican political boss Samuel S. Koenig convinced La Guardia to run in the 1919 special election for President of
5292-802: The 1939 New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park , Queens, opened New York Municipal Airport No. 2 in Queens (later renamed Fiorello H. La Guardia Field), and had the city buy out the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation , thus completing the public takeover of the New York City Subway system. The U.S. arrival of Georg and Maria Von Trapp and their children from Austria that fall at Ellis Island who would eventually become
5439-577: The American Jewish Congress . In 1935, La Guardia caused an international stir when he denied a masseur license to a German immigrant, stating that Germany had violated a treaty guaranteeing equal treatment of American professionals by discriminating against American Jews. Despite threats from Germany (including a bomb threat against New York City's German Consulate), La Guardia continued to use his position as mayor to denounce Nazism. During his reelection campaign in 1937, speaking before
5586-660: The Arizona Territory during his time at Fort Sully, Madison Barracks , Fort Huachuca , and Whipple Barracks . Fiorello was enrolled in the Episcopal Church in Prescott, Arizona , and practiced that religion all his life. The onset of the Spanish–American War led to their transfer to St. Louis, Missouri, and then Achille was sent to Mobile, Alabama . Fiorello attempted to join the army, but
5733-678: The Espionage Act of 1917 and stated that "if you pass this bill and if it is enacted into law you change all that our flag ever stood for and stands for". He supported the League of Women Voters in the 1920s. He voted in favor of the Child Labor Amendment . He proposed legislation to create a holiday in honor of Christopher Columbus . As a congressman, La Guardia was a tireless and vocal champion of progressive causes, including relaxed restriction on immigration, removal of U.S. troops from Nicaragua to speaking up for
5880-563: The Great Depression , La Guardia campaigned on his support for Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal programs and won the 1933 election . As mayor during the Great Depression and World War II , La Guardia unified the city's transit system; expanded construction of public housing, playgrounds, parks, and airports; reorganized the New York Police Department ; and implemented federal New Deal programs within
6027-755: The Hotel Astor Bus Terminal on West 45th. The Dixie Bus Center on 42nd Street, located on the ground floor of the Dixie Hotel, opened in 1930 and operated until 1959. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad had coach service aboard a ferry to Communipaw Terminal in Jersey City that ran from an elegant bus terminal with a revolving bus platform in the Chanin Building at 42nd and Lexington. Greyhound Lines had its own facility adjacent to Pennsylvania Station and did not move into
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6174-486: The Italian-Austrian front . While he was away at war his office was managed by Harry Andrews and Marie Fisher while constituent services were handled by Representative Isaac Siegel . A petition with over 3,000 signatures was given to Speaker Champ Clark on January 8, 1918, asking for La Guardia's seat to be vacated, but Clark refused to allow a motion to vacate La Guardia's seat. During La Guardia's tenure in
6321-491: The Lincoln Tunnel and one block west of Times Square . It is one of three bus terminals operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ); the other two are George Washington Bridge Bus Station in Upper Manhattan and Journal Square Transportation Center in Jersey City . PABT serves as a terminus and departure point for commuter routes as well as for long-distance intercity bus service and
6468-672: The Lincoln Tunnel and one block west of Times Square . The terminal is the largest in the Western Hemisphere and the busiest in the world by volume of traffic, serving about 8,000 buses and 225,000 people on an average weekday and more than 65 million people a year. It has 223 gates. It operates intercity bus routes all over the United States and some routes with international destinations, mostly in Canada, and mostly operated by Greyhound Lines. The largest bus terminal in
6615-605: The M11 , M20 , M34A , M42 and M104 local buses and the SIM8 , SIM8X , SIM22 , SIM25 , SIM26 and SIM30 Staten Island express buses, stop immediately outside the terminal. In the last decade, numerous jitney routes serving Hudson and Passaic counties in northern New Jersey pick up passengers inside the bus terminal or on the street outside the terminal. Dollar vans operated by Spanish Transportation to Paterson and Community Lines jitneys to Journal Square use platforms on
6762-486: The New York City Board of Aldermen created by Al Smith 's resignation to become governor . La Guardia defeated William M. Bennett for the Republican nomination and Paul Windels worked as his campaign manager. During the campaign he was endorsed by The New York Times and Citizens Union . He defeated Democratic nominee Robert L. Moran . Moran suffered from a spoiler effect caused by Michael Kelly,
6909-554: The New York City Planning Commission endorsed the plan, which was not carried out at that time. The PANYNJ announced plans in 1970 to expand its terminal northward and build an office tower above the north annex. The annex would have cost $ 80 million, while the skyscraper above it would have cost $ 50 million. PANYNJ officials hoped the new annex would alleviate traffic on Eighth Avenue, which was frequently congested because of double-parking taxis. Plans for
7056-829: The New York University School of Law and was admitted to the bar in 1910. He became a member of the Garibaldi Lodge of the Masonic Order in 1913. Frederick C. Tanner recommended La Guardia for a job working for the Attorney General of New York on September 15, 1911, and he served as the deputy attorney general from January 1, 1915, to 1917. He left the American Bar Association in the 1930s stating that it devoted "its efforts to special interests rather than to
7203-635: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), the bi-state agency that also implements the 2.5-mile (4.02 km) contraflow express bus left lane in three westbound lanes. The XBL serves over 1,800 buses and 65,000 bus commuters on regular weekday mornings and is a major component of the morning "inbound" commutation crossing the Hudson River . Over 100 bus carriers utilize the Exclusive Bus Lane. As of 2013, New Jersey Transit operates fifty-seven interstate bus routes through
7350-567: The burlesque theaters, whose shows offended his sensibilities. He also came to the assistance of comic book creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby , when they were openly threatened by sympathizers of Nazi Germany with their new superhero character, Captain America , when he arranged police protection. As part of his campaign against organized crime in the early 1940s, La Guardia banned pinball games, calling them gambling machines. The ban held until 1976, when avid player Roger Sharpe proved
7497-514: The 1936 book New York Advancing: A Scientific Approach to Municipal Government, edited by Rebecca B. Rankin . In 1935, a riot took place in Harlem. Termed the Harlem riot of 1935 , it has been described as the first modern race riot because it was committed primarily against property rather than persons. During the riots, La Guardia and Hubert Delany walked through the streets in an effort to calm
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#17327652433827644-548: The 2nd floor and serve short-haul commuter lines. The third and fourth floors are respectively known as the 300 and 400 levels. Most NJ Transit routes and New Jersey private carrier commuter routes are on the 200, 300, and 400 levels. Like other transit hubs, PABT has undergone a series of renovations to create a mall-like sphere to promote its retail, food, entertainment, and services spaces. There are numerous franchise stores, such as Heartland Brewery, Au Bon Pain , Jamba Juice , Starbucks , Hudson News , Duane Reade , GNC , plus
7791-558: The Committee of Independent Voters for Roosevelt and his running mate, Henry A. Wallace , with Senator George Norris during the 1940 presidential election . La Guardia was the city's first Italian-American mayor, but was not a typical Italian New Yorker. He was a Republican Episcopalian who had grown up in Arizona and had a Triestine Jewish mother and a lapsed Catholic father. He spoke several languages; when working at Ellis Island, he
7938-555: The Fusion Party platform, which was supported by Republicans, reform-minded Democrats, and independents. La Guardia had enormous determination, high visibility, the support of reformer Samuel Seabury and a divisive primary contest. He also represented previously underrepresented communities, appealed to a wide range of cultural backgrounds with his lineage. He secured the nominations and expected an easy win against incumbent Mayor John P. O'Brien ; however, Joseph V. McKee entered
8085-490: The Lincoln Tunnel, as do numerous regional and long-distance companies. Bus station Bus station platforms may be assigned to fixed bus lines, or variable in combination with a dynamic passenger information system. The latter requires fewer platforms, but does not provide consistent locations for passengers. Kilambakkam bus terminus in Chennai is spread over an area of 358,200 square metres (88.52 acres), making it
8232-402: The Mecca Temple on 55th Street from demolition. Together with New York City Council President Newbold Morris , La Guardia converted the building to the New York City Center of Music and Dance. On December 11, 1943, City Center opened its doors with a concert from the New York Philharmonic —La Guardia even conducted a rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner." 1939 was a busy year, as he opened
8379-400: The North Wing and a golf driving range was to be constructed over the South Wing. However, the project was put on hold in 2001 due to a decline in the economy following the dot com bust . Between 2000 and 2011, the PANYNJ worked with Vornado Realty Trust , which had partnered with the Lawrence Ruben Company. Plans for the tower were revived in April 2007. That November, the PANYNJ announced
8526-400: The PANYNJ and bus operators had "failed to provide safe and adequate service". After the PANYNJ announced the next month that it would build an annex north of the original terminal, the ICC canceled a public hearing for its overcrowding investigation. One of the operators using the terminal, Trailways , began a rent strike in 1977, complaining that the terminal was dilapidated and that rent at
8673-549: The People of TV Land ". Triple Bridge Gateway , completed in 2009, is an art installation by Leni Schwendinger Light Projects, underneath the ramps connecting the tunnel and the terminal; it is part of the transformation of the Ninth Avenue entrance of the South Wing. In July 2011, PABT became home to the world's largest mediamesh, a stainless steel fabric embedded with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for various types of media, art, and advertising imagery. The LED imagery façade covers 6,000 square feet (560 m), and wraps around
8820-451: The People", which aired from December 1941 until December 1945, expanded his public influence beyond the borders of the city. Fiorello Raffaele Enrico La Guardia, with Raffaele later removed and Enrico Americanized to Henry, was born in Greenwich Village , New York City, on December 11, 1882, to Achille Luigi Carlo La Guardia and Irene Luzzatto-Coen. He was named in honor of his maternal grandmother, paternal grandfather, and uncle. Achille
8967-466: The Port Authority Bus Terminal until May 1963, at which time all long-distance bus service to the city was consolidated at the terminal. The Lincoln Tunnel between Manhattan and New Jersey opened in 1937. Within a year and a half of the tunnel's opening, five companies were operating 600 interstate bus trips through the tunnel every day. The city opposed letting buses go through Midtown Manhattan because they caused congestion. A large bus terminal near
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#17327652433829114-428: The Port of New York Authority started conducting a survey into the causes and effects of intercity and commuter bus traffic in Manhattan. That December, Times Square Terminal Inc. filed an application to build and operate a commuter bus terminal from 41st to 42nd Streets between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, adjacent to the McGraw-Hill Building on land owned by the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company . According to projections at
9261-402: The Republican nomination on August 1, 1929. In 1929, La Guardia ran for Mayor once again. This time, he received the Republican nomination, once again defeating William Bennett. However, he lost the general election to Walker in a landslide. Mayor Jimmy Walker and his Irish-run Tammany Hall were forced out of office by scandal and La Guardia was determined to replace him. La Guardia ran on
9408-402: The Republican nomination. He appealed to the different ethnic groups in the district and was endorsed by New Yorker Staats-Zeitung which traditionally supported Democratic candidates. He defeated Farley by 357 votes. Tammany Hall and the Democrats supported La Guardia in the 1918 election in order to prevent an anti-war Socialist victory. He defeated Socialist nominee Scott Nearing in
9555-422: The Subway Level, or lower level of both wings, Gates 1-85 are predominantly used for long-distance travel, including buses to Canada, and jitneys , and during overnight hours (1 a.m. to 6 a.m.) for commuter lines. From 6 a.m. to 1 a.m., during the hours of normal operation, Gates 200–425, numbered to indicate the different boarding areas (100, 200, 300, etc.) within the complex are accessible from
9702-457: The Trapp Family Singers was another significant decade-ending event that year in La Guardia's mayoralty. Responding to popular disdain for the sometimes corrupt City Council, La Guardia successfully proposed a reformed 1938 City Charter that created a powerful new New York City Board of Estimate , similar to a corporate board of directors. La Guardia was also a supporter of the Ives-Quinn Act , "a law that would ban discrimination in employment on
9849-419: The U.S. House, he served on the Judiciary committee. Oswald Garrison Villard , editor of The Nation , stated that he was "the most valuable member of Congress today". La Guardia supported impeaching Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon on the grounds of him serving as a director of a private company, the Aluminum Company of America , while serving in the presidential cabinet . La Guardia requested
9996-433: The Women's Division of the American Jewish Congress , he called for the creation of a special pavilion at the upcoming New York World's Fair , "a chamber of horrors" for "that brown-shirted fanatic," referring to Hitler. He also led anti-Nazi rallies and promoted legislation to facilitate the U.S. rescue of the Jewish refugees. He also appointed more racially and religiously diverse judges to various New York courts, which
10143-406: The actual skill involved in the game. La Guardia spearheaded major raids throughout the city, collecting thousands of machines. The mayor participated with police in destroying machines with sledgehammers before dumping the remnants into the city's rivers. La Guardia's admirers credit him, among other things, with restoring the economy of New York City during and after the Great Depression . He
10290-421: The air-conditioning system. Although bus traffic continued to decline during the late 1970s, the PANYNJ still wished to build the annex to alleviate congestion at the existing terminal. The facility handled 7,000 buses per day in 1977; as such, during rush hours, buses had seven minutes to unload and load all passengers. The North Wing was opened in 1979. This expansion increased capacity by 50 percent and included
10437-430: The annex were delayed for several years because of disputes between the PANYNJ and the bus companies using the terminal. The PANYNJ claimed that the bus companies had refused to pay higher fees, but unnamed sources affiliated with the bus companies said the construction of the World Trade Center had used up the agency's money. The expansion was delayed until May 1975, when PANYNJ chairman William J. Ronan announced that
10584-404: The annex, the PANYNJ raised tolls by 50 percent on six bridges and tunnels that it operated between New York and New Jersey. That August, the PANYNJ allocated another $ 22 million for the terminal's renovation. The additional funds were earmarked for renovating the main concourse, erecting glass enclosures around 24 platforms, adding entrances on Ninth Avenue, refurbishing the restrooms, and replacing
10731-635: The anti-tsarist February Revolution of 1917 but later opposed the October Revolution , as he disapproved of Vladimir Lenin . In 1946, President Harry S. Truman sent the ex-mayor as an envoy to Brazil but diplomacy was not his forte. Truman then gave him a major job as head of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), with responsibility for helping millions of desperate refugees in Europe. La Guardia
10878-445: The ban was lifted. In 1936, La Guardia had special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey , a future Republican presidential candidate, single out Lucky Luciano for prosecution. Dewey led a successful investigation into Luciano's lucrative prostitution operation, eventually sending Luciano to jail with a 30–50 year sentence. The case was made into the 1937 movie Marked Woman , starring Bette Davis . La Guardia proved successful in shutting down
11025-629: The bases of 'race, creed, color or national origin' and task a new agency, the New York State Commission Against Discrimination (SCAD), with education and enforcement." The bill passed in 1945, making New York the first state in the country to create an agency tasked with handling employment discrimination complaints. In 1941 during the run-up to American involvement in World War ;II , President Roosevelt appointed La Guardia first director of
11172-551: The bums out of town." In 1934 he went on a search-and-destroy mission looking for mob boss Frank Costello 's slot machines , rounding up thousands of the "one armed bandits," swinging a sledgehammer and dumping them off a barge into the water for the newspapers and media. In 1935 La Guardia appeared at the Bronx Terminal Market to institute a citywide ban on the sale, display, and possession of artichokes , whose prices were inflated by mobsters. When prices went down,
11319-500: The bus terminal, as well as 18 additional departure gates, accommodating 70 additional buses carrying up to 3,000 passengers per hour. New escalators would be installed to help move passengers more quickly between the gate area and the ground floor. Construction was expected to begin in 2009 or 2010, and take four years to complete. After an architectural competition, the PANYNJ selected the design by Pritzker Prize -winning architect Richard Rogers from Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners for
11466-643: The city from 1934 to 1939. In turn, he gave FDR a showcase for New Deal achievement, helped defeat FDR's political enemies in Tammany Hall (the Democratic party machine in Manhattan). He and Moses built highways, bridges and tunnels, transforming the physical landscape of New York City. The West Side Highway , East River Drive , Brooklyn Battery Tunnel , Triborough Bridge , and two airports ( LaGuardia Airport , and, later, Idlewild, now JFK Airport ) were built during his mayoralty. In 1943, La Guardia saved
11613-749: The city. He pursued a long series of political reforms, curbing the power of the powerful Irish-controlled Tammany Hall political machine that controlled the Democratic Party in Manhattan. He also re-established merit-based employment and promotion within city administration. La Guardia was a highly visible national political figure. His support for the New Deal and relationship with President Roosevelt crossed party lines, brought federal funds to New York City, and cut off patronage to La Guardia's Tammany enemies. La Guardia's WNYC radio program "Talk to
11760-542: The construction of an $ 800 million "new bus garage connected to the Port Authority Bus Terminal, which will serve as a traffic reliever to the Lincoln Tunnel and midtown Manhattan streets, saving two-thirds of the empty bus trips that must make two extra trips through the tunnel each day." Originally included in the PANYNJ 2007–2016 Capital Plan, construction of the garage was scrapped by the agency in October 2011, after it cited budgetary constraints due to an arrangement whereby
11907-447: The corner of 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue. For many years there was no timetable board displaying departures at PABT; passengers were required to inquire at information booths or ticket counters for schedules and departure gates. In 2015, both the Port Authority and NJ Transit installed screens listing upcoming scheduled departures, though buses are not tracked so delays are not communicated via this method. Tickets can be purchased on
12054-541: The day, while others make a round-trip without passengers through the Lincoln Tunnel to use layover facilities in New Jersey. Bus layover parking on city streets is regulated by the NYDOT, which assigns locations throughout the city. In the vicinity of PABT, these are concentrated on the side streets between Ninth and Twelfth Avenues from 30th Street to 60th Street. Various studies and news reports have concluded that there
12201-444: The department, were responsible for 70 percent of public lewdness arrests in 2014, the year the lawsuit was filed. Most of the arrests have been for masturbation; the lawsuit alleged most of the arrests are targeted at LGBT men who have not performed any wrongful acts. The Port Authority Police Department ended the practice in 2022. The Port Authority Bus Terminal is served by the following lines: Direct underground passageways connect
12348-700: The eastern United States. La Guardia, running with the Socialist nomination, raised $ 3,764.25 (equivalent to $ 66,923 in 2023) and defeated Frank and Siegel in the election . La Guardia's partisan affiliation in Congress was labeled as Socialist and Victor L. Berger , the only other Socialist in Congress, described him as "my whip". La Guardia returned to the Republican Party in the 1926 election and won by 55 votes against Democratic nominee H. Warren Hubbard and Socialist nominee George Dobsevage. He
12495-607: The election. La Guardia resigned from the United States House of Representatives on December 31, 1919. He was given the Republican nomination for New York's 20th congressional district to succeed retiring Representative Isaac Siegel in the 1922 election . He defeated Democratic nominee Henry Frank and Socialist nominee William Karlin . La Guardia attended the Conference for Progressive Political Action in 1922. Koenig told La Guardia that his renomination
12642-782: The enactment of the Clayton Antitrust Act in 1914 and the end of the 1920s. Based on the theory that the lower courts are creations not of the Constitution but of Congress, and that Congress, therefore, has wide power in defining and restricting their jurisdiction, the act forbids issuance of injunctions to sustain anti-union contracts of employment, to prevent ceasing or refusing to perform any work or remain in any relation of employment, or to restrain acts generally constituting component parts of strikes, boycotts, and picketing. It also said courts could no longer enforce yellow-dog contracts , which are labor contracts prohibiting
12789-556: The end of 1946. Despite his declining health, La Guardia attacked the emerging " Truman Doctrine " that promised American financial and military intervention to stop the spread of Communism. La Guardia opposed Prohibition in the United States . He was one of the first Republicans in Congress to voice their opinions against prohibition. He testified to that effect before the first session of Congress in 1926. On June 19, 1926, La Guardia mixed near beer and malt extract, which were legal, to create 2% beer in order to protest prohibition. He
12936-419: The expansion would begin that September at a cost of $ 137.5 million. The project was to involve the replacement of the original terminal's curved facade with a glass curtain wall; the construction of a new wing with four above-ground concourses and one basement; improved access to the subway; and a tunnel connecting with the Lincoln Tunnel. The project also included replacing existing escalators. To raise money for
13083-468: The expansions of the Port Authority Bus Terminal and George Washington Bridge in January 1962. The new ramps to the Lincoln Tunnel were finished the next month. The first 300 spaces in the new parking lot opened in April 1962, and the rest of the parking lot was opened in stages over the next two months. The new loading slips were opened in several stages and were in full operation by April 1963. As early as
13230-472: The first four goals in his first hundred days, as FDR gave him 20% of the entire national CWA budget for work relief. La Guardia then collaborated closely with Robert Moses , with support from the governor, Democrat Herbert Lehman , to upgrade the decaying infrastructure. The city was favored by the New Deal in terms of funding for public works projects. La Guardia's modernization efforts were publicized in
13377-402: The first of 450 displaced families in November 1948. Walter McQuade designed the terminal, with Vincent Marchesani as the assistant architect. The Port of New York Authority hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the terminal on January 27, 1949, at which point half of the site had been cleared. At the same time, the agency began soliciting bids from concessionaires for the terminal's 50 stores. By
13524-402: The homeless still frequented the terminal, which also attracted runaway youth from other cities. The Port Authority Bus Terminal also recorded hundreds of crimes every year by the late 1970s; this was attributed in part to the "lonely and derelict" in the neighborhood. In March 1975, a federal judge ruled that the PANYNJ "was not competent to" allocate loading space to the bus companies that used
13671-568: The issues of the campaign entirely in the Yiddish language. Frank, although he was Jewish, could not speak the language and was forced to decline—and lost the election. La Guardia's 1933 campaign coincided with the rise of racial and religious hostilities in Germany, and he supported a more anti-Nazi response while in office. He publicly supported groups that engaged in boycotts of German goods and spoke alongside Rabbi Stephen S. Wise , leader of
13818-477: The largest bus station in the world. The Woodlands Bus Interchange in Singapore is one of the busiest bus interchanges in the world, handling up to 400,000 passengers daily across 42 bus services. Other Singaporean bus interchanges such as Bedok Bus Interchange , Tampines Bus Interchange and Yishun Bus Interchange handle similar number of passengers daily. The largest underground bus station in Europe
13965-548: The left under New York's electoral fusion laws . A panel of 69 scholars in 1993 ranked him as the best big-city mayor in American history. Born to a family of Italian immigrants in New York City, La Guardia quickly became interested in politics at a young age. Before his mayoralty , La Guardia represented Manhattan in the U.S. House of Representatives and later served in the New York City Board of Aldermen . Amidst
14112-553: The lower level. Routes to Bergenline Avenue / GWB Plaza , and Boulevard East depart from 42nd Street outside the bus terminal's North Wing. In 2011, a controversy arose when Megabus , a long-distance carrier using double-decker buses, with the permission of the New York City Department of Transportation , began to use the streets and sidewalk at the terminal. The director of the PANYNJ, citing safety, as well as other long-haul companies (which paid rent to use
14259-492: The main level (ground floor) of the South Wing at the main ticket plaza; Greyhound , Trailways and Short Line have additional ticket counters in the terminal. New Jersey Transit (NJT) maintains a customer service counter at the terminal on the south wing main level (open weekdays). NJT has ticket vending machines (TVM) throughout the terminal. Effective in 2009, passengers boarding NJT buses are required to purchase
14406-399: The mid-1960s, the Port Authority Bus Terminal had gained a reputation as a "derelict's haven", especially at night, when dozens of homeless persons slept in the terminal. Following a New York Times report about the large homeless populations in the terminal, the PANYNJ began stationing additional officers there in January 1967 to deter homeless people from sleeping there. The PANYNJ also added
14553-413: The middle of the year, the agency had received 500 bids from concessionaires. The first steel beams for the new bus terminal were installed in November 1949, and Turner Construction received a contract the next month to build the terminal's superstructure for approximately $ 9.2 million. The steel framework for the new terminal topped out during March 1950. The terminal's construction was delayed slightly by
14700-441: The mouth of the Lincoln Tunnel was first mandated in December 1939, after the city announced that it would ban commuter buses from driving into congested parts of Midtown. The ban was supposed to go into effect in January 1941, but New York Supreme Court Justice John E. McGeehan blocked La Guardia's proposed bus ban on the grounds that it was unreasonable. In July 1940, at the request of New York City mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia ,
14847-440: The new Office of Civilian Defense (OCD). Roosevelt was an admirer of La Guardia; after meeting Winston Churchill for the first time he described him as "an English Mayor La Guardia". The OCD was the national agency responsible for preparing for blackouts, air raid wardens, sirens, and shelters in case of German air raids . The goal was to psychologically mobilize many thousands of middle-class volunteers to make them feel part of
14994-562: The new terminal, and $ 65 million was allocated to the project the next year. In January 2024, the Federal Transit Administration approved a draft environmental impact report for the replacement terminal. The PANYNJ announced revised plans for the terminal the same month, which called for 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) of parks, a glass atrium, and a main entrance on 41st Street. The plans also called for two office buildings of at least 60 stories on 40th and 42nd streets. At
15141-425: The pardon of Thomas Mooney . In 1931, James Smith, a black railroad porter, was put on trial for assault but was unable to pay for a lawyer. La Guardia took the case pro bono after being requested by A. Philip Randolph and Smith was acquitted on September 26. La Guardia's supporters wanted him to run for mayor in the 1925 election , but he declined as he would be unlikely to defeat Jimmy Walker . He received
15288-461: The public considered the area around Times Square , including PABT, to be dangerous. In an attempt to alleviate fears of crime, the PANYNJ turned on some lights that had been switched off to save energy; cleaned the city-maintained sidewalk outside the terminal; and created designated zones for hustlers and advocacy groups. Crime increased after the north wing was completed, with 2,800 crimes being reported in 1979 and 3,300 crimes in 1983. During 1997,
15435-402: The race as the nominee of the new "Recovery Party" at the last minute. McKee was a formidable opponent, sponsored by Bronx Democratic boss Edward J. Flynn . La Guardia promised a more honest government, championing for greater efficiency and inclusiveness. La Guardia's win was based on a complex coalition of Republicans (mostly middle-class German Americans in the boroughs outside Manhattan),
15582-528: The rights and livelihoods of striking miners, impoverished farmers, oppressed minorities, and struggling families. He supported progressive income taxes , greater government oversight of Wall Street , and national employment insurance for workers idled by the Great Depression. He supported allowing the direct election of the Governor of Puerto Rico . In domestic policies, La Guardia tended toward socialism and wanted to nationalize and regulate; however, he
15729-555: The sale of air rights and cost-sharing with private bus carriers. In 2016, the PANYNJ invited a number of development teams to propose ideas for replacement of the existing bus terminal. Subsequently, in May 2019, the PANYNJ commenced the environmental review process for PABT's replacement. The PANYNJ planned to host four public hearings, two each in New York and New Jersey, in July and September 2019. Three plans were considered: building
15876-593: The sale of nearby property, $ 115 million versus $ 100 million. The value of air rights above the terminal would be higher than previously appraised, thanks to rising property values in the area surrounding the terminal and an indication of the rising value air rights above the terminal. The agency had intentions to release a request for proposals for air-rights development in 2014–2015. The Port Authority allows for limited layovers of buses, thus requiring companies to make other arrangements during off-peak hours and between trips. Many park on local streets or parking lots during
16023-523: The situation. After the riots, La Guardia convened the Mayor's Commission on Conditions of Harlem to determine the causes of the riot and a detailed report was prepared. The report identified "injustices of discrimination in employment, the aggressions of the police, and the racial segregation" as conditions which led to the outbreak of rioting; however, the mayor shelved the committee's report, and did not make it public. The report would be unknown, except that
16170-885: The southern hemisphere is the Tietê Bus Terminal located in São Paulo, Brazil. It is also the 2nd busiest in the world, serving about 90,000 people per weekday in 300 bus lines on its 89 platforms (72 for boarding and 17 for deboarding), with services to over 1,000 cities over the country and South America . The terminal is also linked to Portuguesa-Tietê , an adjacent metro station. Fiorello H. La Guardia Fiorello Henry La Guardia ( / f iː ə ˈ r ɛ l oʊ l ə ˈ ɡ w ɑːr d i ə / fee-ə- REL -oh lə- GWAR -dee-ə ; born Fiorello Raffaele Enrico La Guardia , Italian pronunciation: [fjoˈrɛllo raf.faˈɛ.le enˈriːko la ˈɡwardja] ; December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947)
16317-424: The terminal but withdrew its opposition in late 1947. The New York City Board of Estimate approved the construction of the new terminal in January 1947. The terminal was to be built one block south of the aborted Times Square Terminal Inc. site, on the block bounded by 40th and 41st Streets and Eighth and Ninth Avenues. The Port of New York Authority began acquiring land for the terminal two months later. To finance
16464-482: The terminal has reached peak hour capacity, leading to congestion and overflow on local streets. It does not allow for layover parking; as such, buses must either use local streets and parking lots or deadhead through the tunnel. PANYNJ has been unsuccessful in its attempts to expand passenger facilities through public private partnership , and in 2011 it delayed construction of a bus depot annex, citing budgetary constraints. After considering several plans to relocate
16611-420: The terminal instead. The terminal's rooftop garage was initially mostly empty, prompting the garage's operators to allow trucks to park there. By mid-1951, the garage was frequently fully occupied and was profitable. In the terminal's early years, the Port of New York Authority constantly cleaned the terminal, scrubbing the floor every night. Despite the large numbers of passengers who used the terminal, it recorded
16758-422: The terminal was far too high. Trailways quickly ended its rent strike under threat of eviction, but the company criticized the terminal's safety after two people were killed there in mid-1978. Private developer Irving Maidman had proposed erecting a second bus terminal just north of the existing terminal in 1956. The PANYNJ first considered expanding the bus station northward to 42nd Street as early as January 1965;
16905-441: The terminal was the subject of a study, coordinated by Professor Marcus Felson of Rutgers University , which identified strategic changes to the building's design and area supervision with a view to reducing crime and other problems. In 2007, the South Wing underwent a seismic retrofit in a $ 52 million building code -compliance project to reinforce and stabilize it against earthquakes. In addition, architecture firm PKSB Architects
17052-535: The terminal with the 1 , 2 , 3 , 7 , <7> , A , C , E , N , Q , R , W , and S trains of the New York City Subway at the Times Square–42nd Street and 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal stations. Several bus routes operated by New York City Bus , including
17199-457: The terminal's construction, the agency issued $ 16.3 million in bonds in July 1947. Plans for the structural design were revised substantially in March 1948, when the Port of New York Authority added a 500-spot parking lot on the terminal's roof, to be accessed via a series of ramps. The last industrial tenant on the future terminal's site moved away the following month, and the agency began relocating
17346-522: The terminal) citing unfair competitive advantage, were opposed to the permission to allow the company use of 41st Street directly beneath the connection between the two wings of the Port Authority. Despite these concerns and complaints, Megabus was initially permitted to stay. However, the permission was withdrawn later that year. Megabus now largely uses street-side stops near the Javits Center (for pickup) and Penn Station (for drop-off), except for
17493-437: The terminal, since the agency had never properly studied traffic patterns at the terminal. The PANYNJ subsequently conducted a study of the terminal's traffic, finding that the terminal handled between 750 and 800 buses during a typical morning, which carried a total of 35,000 passengers. The Interstate Commerce Commission began investigating overcrowding at the terminal that March after receiving numerous commuter complaints that
17640-657: The terminal, the PANYNJ released plans in 2021 to reconstruct the terminal on the same site, with layover facilities. Before PABT was constructed, there were several terminals scattered throughout Midtown Manhattan, some of which were part of hotels. The Federal Writers Project 's 1940 publication of New York: A Guide to the Empire State lists the All American Bus Depot on West 42nd, the Consolidated Bus Terminal on West 41st, and
17787-428: The terms of an agreement in which it would receive nearly $ 500 million in a lease arrangement for a new office tower that would also provide funds for additional terminal facilities. The new tower would include 1.3 million square feet (120,000 m) of commercial space in a new office tower, which was to use the vanity address 20 Times Square , the addition of 60,000 square feet (5,600 m) of new retail space in
17934-449: The time, the $ 4 million terminal could be completed within nine months. Manhattan Borough President Stanley M. Isaacs proposed building a short $ 600,000 tube between the Lincoln Tunnel and the new terminal. The city approved the construction of the new terminal and connecting tunnel in January 1941. Plans for a bus terminal were delayed because of World War II , which diverted resources from most projects that were not directly involved in
18081-402: The time, the new terminal was planned to cost $ 10 billion; new ramps to the terminal were to be completed by 2028, while the terminal itself was planned to be finished by 2032. The New York City Planning Commission approved the terminal-replacement plans in October 2024. The Commuters , a sculpture of three weary bus passengers and a clock salvaged from the original terminal by George Segal ,
18228-452: The toll increases would be incrementally implemented. In April 2012, the director of the PANYNJ reported that a proposal had been made by developer Larry Silverstein , who has a memorandum of understanding to develop a property at 39th Street and Dyer Avenue near the ramps between the tunnel and the terminal, to construct a bus garage with a residential tower above it. This parcel is not large enough to accommodate bus ramps and would require
18375-570: The uplift and welfare of the profession". In 1925, La Guardia formed the La Guardia Publishing Company using his savings and a second mortgage to publish L'Americolo , an Italian-language magazine. He competed against Generoso Pope's Il Progresso Italo-Americano and Corriere d'America . The magazine failed, with La Guardia losing $ 15,000 and his mortgage. La Guardia joined the Republican club while attending NYU School of Law. He supported William Howard Taft during
18522-623: The use of elevators, which seemed to be a new type of application for bus storage. The proposal has not progressed any further. In 2014, the PANYNJ made an application for a $ 230 million grant to the Federal Transit Administration for development of the garage. In June 2013, the PANYNJ commissioned an 18-month study that was to consider reconfiguration, expansion, and replacement options for PABT and new bus staging and storage facilities on Manhattan's West Side . The $ 5.5 million contract awarded to Kohn Pedersen Fox and Parsons Brinckerhoff would look into potential public-private financing, including
18669-785: The war effort. At the urging of aviation advocate Gill Robb Wilson , La Guardia, in his capacity as Director of the OCD, created the Civil Air Patrol with Administrative Order 9 , signed by him on December 1, 1941, and published December 8, 1941. La Guardia remained Mayor of New York, shuttling back and forth with three days in Washington and four in the city in an effort to do justice to two herculean jobs. La Guardia focused on setting up air raid systems and training volunteer wardens; however, Roosevelt appointed his wife Eleanor Roosevelt as his assistant. She issued calls for actors to lead
18816-525: The war effort. In June 1944, the New York state government allocated $ 180,000 to the Port of New York Authority for studying the feasibility of constructing a bus terminal in Midtown Manhattan. Early the next year, plans for a mid-Manhattan bus terminal were presented to the different bus companies. While most major bus lines agreed to the plan, Greyhound was already planning on expanding its then terminal near Penn Station. Greyhound initially opposed
18963-403: The warships and the garment trade providing uniforms. The city's great financiers, however, were less important in decision-making than the policymakers in Washington, and very high wartime taxes were not offset by heavy war spending. New York was not a center of heavy industry and did not see a wartime boom, as defense plants were built elsewhere. Roosevelt refused to make La Guardia a general and
19110-424: Was 65 feet (20 m) tall, with a 500-space parking lot and 50 stores. The ground level contained 40 slips for long-haul buses, as well as an auxiliary platform with space for 15 more buses. The second level was the main concourse and contained ticket offices, waiting rooms, baggage check, restaurants, shops, a 300-seat newsreel theater, and escalators to other levels. The third story was the suburban concourse, which
19257-606: Was a Croatian, Italian, and German interpreter and Felix Frankfurter , who met La Guardia during his time at Ellis Island, described him as "a gifted interpreter". Upon returning to the U.S., La Guardia worked as a fireproof brick manufacturer in Portsmouth, Ohio . He returned to New York City and worked a series of odd jobs such as a translator for the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ,
19404-416: Was a strongly Democratic and Tammany Hall . He lost to Democratic nominee Michael F. Farley , whom he accused of being illiterate. Clarence Fay, the Republican district leader in the 25th Assembly district, sought to have Hamilton Fish III nominated for the seat in the 1916 election . Tanner unsuccessfully attempted to convince La Guardia to not run. Fish withdrew before the primary and La Guardia won
19551-497: Was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives and served as the 99th mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1946. He was known for his irascible, energetic, and charismatic personality and diminutive, rotund stature. An ideologically socialist member of the Republican Party , La Guardia was frequently cross-endorsed by parties other than his own, especially parties on
19698-592: Was born in Foggia , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies , on March 26, 1849, and his father, Don Raffaele La Guardia, was a municipal official. Achille visited the United States in 1878, while on tour with Adelina Patti . Irene, a member of the Sephardic Jewish Luzzatto family, was born in Trieste , Austria , on July 18, 1859. They married on June 3, 1880, after having known each other for half
19845-475: Was certified as an interpreter for Italian , German , Yiddish , and Croatian . It served him well during a contentious congressional campaign in 1922. When Henry Frank, a Jewish opponent, accused him of antisemitism, La Guardia rejected the suggestion that he publicly disclose that his mother was Jewish as "self-serving". Instead, La Guardia dictated an open letter in Yiddish that was also printed in Yiddish. In it, he challenged Frank to publicly and openly debate
19992-624: Was dependent on him supporting the Republicans in the 1924 presidential election . La Guardia considered supporting the Democrats but declined to do so after the nomination of John W. Davis . He gave his support to Robert M. La Follette and the Progressive Party . La Guardia announced his departure from the Republican Party on the front page of The New York Times . He and Gilbert Roe managed La Follette's presidential campaign in
20139-552: Was described in 2014 as "depending on how you measure it, the largest bus station in the world, the second-biggest in Europe, and the longest in Europe". It was fully refurbished in 2018. The largest bus terminal in North America is the Port Authority Bus Terminal located in New York City. The terminal is located in Midtown at 625 Eighth Avenue between 40th Street and 42nd Street, one block east of
20286-411: Was divided into three sections and contained 72 loading slips and 15 unloading slips. The fourth story was for short-haul buses. A system of pipes was embedded into the reinforced-concrete ramps leading to the terminal, keeping the ramps free of ice. The Port of New York Authority had also proposed a heliport on the roof during the terminal's construction, and the agency had authorized the construction of
20433-613: Was exhausted and after seeing the horrors of war in Europe called for a massive aid program. Critics ridiculed that as worldwide WPA and the biggest boondoggle ever. He sided with Henry A. Wallace in calling for peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union, and attacked the new breed of Cold Warriors. He provided UNRRA funds to the Soviets despite warnings that the Kremlin was funneling the money towards its military. UNRRA shut down at
20580-482: Was given to Henry Curran. He attempted to defeat Curran in the primary, despite warnings from Koenig and Windels and was defeated. La Guardia considered running in the 1922 gubernatorial election and published his ideas for the Republican state platform in the column in the New York Evening Journal given to him by William Randolph Hearst . Koenig was able to compromise with La Guardia to avoid
20727-478: Was hired in 1995 to design a titanium facade, a canopy above the entrance, and stainless steel cladding around the terminal's ramps and bridges. That project was completed in 2008. The PANYNJ has attempted to further expand the terminal through public–private partnerships by leasing air rights over the North Wing. In 1999, a 35-story building, to be known as 7 Times Square, was proposed to be constructed over
20874-696: Was never close to the Socialist Party and never bothered to read Karl Marx . When Benito Mussolini 's Fascist Italy invaded Ethiopia on October 3, 1935, a Black protest of Italian vendors at the King Julius General Market on Lenox and 118th Street turned into a riot and 1,200 extra New York City policemen were deployed on "war duty" to quell the riot. In December 1935, at an Italian-American rally, attended by 20,000, in Madison Square Garden, La Guardia presented
21021-463: Was one of his most powerful weapons against Nazi prejudice. These appointments included Rosalie Loew Whitney , Herbert O'Brien, Jane Bolin , and Hubert Thomas Delany . La Guardia would soon regret appointing O'Brien, who used his position as Domestic Relations judge to oppose some New Deal policies, leading to La Guardia's condemnation of him with the famous line, "Senator, I have made a lot of good appointments and I think I am good ... but when I make
21168-574: Was rejected. He was accepted as a war correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Achille and Fiorello did not reach Cuba because Achille contracted hepatitis and malaria after consuming embalmed beef . He was discharged from the military on account of his illness and given a pension of $ 8 per month (equivalent to $ 293 in 2023). The La Guardia family moved to Trieste , and Achille died in Capodistria on October 21, 1904. La Guardia became
21315-471: Was the only Republican elected to the U.S. House from New York City. He defeated Democratic nominee Saul J. Dickheiser in the 1928 election . He defeated Democratic nominee Vincent H. Auleta in the 1930 election . La Guardia considered running for reelection to Congress as a Democrat in the 1932 election and the option received support from William Green , John L. Lewis , and Robert F. Wagner . Political boss John H. McCooey supported him running as
21462-407: Was unable to provide fresh money for the city. By 1944, the city was short of funds to pay for La Guardia's new programs. La Guardia was frustrated and his popularity slipped away and he ran so poorly in straw polls in 1945 that he did not run for a fourth term. In July 1945, when the city's newspapers were closed by a strike, La Guardia famously read the comics on the radio. La Guardia opposed
21609-467: Was unveiled in the main ticket area in 1982. 42nd Street Ballroom , a rolling ball sculpture by George Rhoads on the main floor of the North Wing, was installed in 1983. A statue of Jackie Gleason in the guise of one of his most famous characters, the bus driver Ralph Kramden , stands in front of the main entrance to the original South Wing. The plaque reads, "Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden - Bus Driver - Raccoon Lodge Treasurer - Dreamer - Presented by
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