La Guardia Aviation Terrace, New York 1942 USA the hotel was mostly dry

the hotel was mostly dry apart from the Coal Hole

Smalls Paradise was a nightclub in Harlem

several top-class restaurants and Masonic Temples in the basement

People reportedly poured champagne on wounds to clean them

La Guardia Aviation Terrace, New York 1942 USA the hotel was mostly dryThis 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