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Marcantonio & LaGuardia Headquarters (former)

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A center of progressive politics in the early- to mid-1900s

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Borough : Manhattan
Neighborhood : East Harlem
Institution, Office

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Gerald Meyer

A base for progressive politics from 1922 to 1950. While in Congress, Fiorello LaGuardia and later Vito Marcantonio, used this storefront for personal, weekly meetings with constituents--each year as many as 10,000 people had some petition addressed.


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