Editing Marine Air Terminal (section)

==== Mural ====
[[File:Shuttle passengers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The ''Flight'' mural]]
Inside the rotunda hangs ''Flight,'' a mural measuring {{convert|12|ft}} tall and {{convert|237|ft}} long.<ref name="NPS p. 2" /><ref name="NYCL (Interior) p. 6" /> Completed by [[James Brooks (painter)|James Brooks]] in 1942, ''Flight'' depicts the history of man's involvement with flight.<ref name="nyt-1942-09-20">{{Cite news |last=Jewell |first=Edward Alden |date=September 20, 1942 |title=Flight Mural Installed at Airport; Work by James Brooks, Commissioned Three Years Ago Under Auspices of the WPA, Proves a Sustained Achievement |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/09/20/archives/flight-mural-installed-at-airport-work-by-james-brooks-commissioned.html |access-date=August 2, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802180241/https://www.nytimes.com/1942/09/20/archives/flight-mural-installed-at-airport-work-by-james-brooks-commissioned.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="p1796833884" /> It was the largest mural created as part of the [[Great Depression]]-era [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA).<ref>{{cite web |title=The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey – Press Release |website=panynj.gov |date=October 2, 2006 |url=http://www.panynj.gov/AboutthePortAuthority/PressCenter/PressReleases/PressRelease/index.php?id=610 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002213844/http://www.panynj.gov/AboutthePortAuthority/PressCenter/PressReleases/PressRelease/index.php?id=610 |archive-date=October 2, 2006 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 26, 2022}}</ref> The mural is roughly divided into two sections. The first section depicts early [[history of aviation]], including prehistoric humans' inability to fly; the Greek myth of [[Icarus]], who flew too close to the sun and got burned; and the flight-related inventions of [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. The second section depicts the modern history of aviation, starting with the [[Wright brothers]]' test flights and ending with modern [[transatlantic flight]]s.<ref name="nyt-1942-09-20" /> The mural hangs on the upper section of the wall, just below the ceiling.<ref name="NYCL (Interior) p. 6" /><ref name="nyt-1942-09-20" />

''Flight'' was completely painted over in 1952.<ref name="Robins p. 228" /> It is unknown why this was done; ''The Wall Street Journal'' said it may have been due to anti-communist sentiment, but LaGuardia operations chief Anthony Cycovek said the rotunda had begun to look dingy when the mural was painted over.<ref name="p133712791" /> The mural was only rediscovered in 1973, after Cycovek mentioned it to a Port of New York Authority executive who had heard of the National Fine Arts Inventory Project, a program dedicated to finding lost works of government-commissioned art.<ref name="p133712791" /> In the late 1970s, Geoffrey Arend, an aviation historian and author of ''Great Airports: LaGuardia'', mounted a campaign to restore the mural to its original splendor.<ref name="nyt-1995-10-01">{{Cite news |last=Gray |first=Christopher |date=October 1, 1995 |title=Streetscapes: Marine Air Terminal;Restoring The Landmark Home of the Flying Fish |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/01/realestate/streetscapes-marine-air-terminal-restoring-the-landmark-home-of-the-flying-fish.html |access-date=August 2, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802172848/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/01/realestate/streetscapes-marine-air-terminal-restoring-the-landmark-home-of-the-flying-fish.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NYCL (Interior) p. 6" /> The mural was rededicated on September 18, 1980.<ref>{{cite web |website=The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |title=LaGuardia Airport – 65 Years of Service |date=December 15, 2006 |url=http://www.panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/airports/html/lg_facts.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061215113617/http://www.panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/airports/html/lg_facts.html |archive-date=December 15, 2006 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 26, 2022}}</ref> [[Grace Glueck]] of ''The New York Times'' described it as "the most egregious case of mural censorship" of a WPA mural in New York City.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Glueck |first=Grace |date=January 7, 1994 |title=Art and Government in an Uneasy Alliance |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/07/arts/art-and-government-in-an-uneasy-alliance.html |access-date=August 5, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805231448/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/07/arts/art-and-government-in-an-uneasy-alliance.html |url-status=live}}</ref> By 2022, ''Flight'' had been restored again as part of the LaGuardia redevelopment.<ref name="nyt-2022-06-01">{{Cite news |last=Sheets |first=Hilarie M. |date=June 1, 2022 |title=Ready When You Are, Terminal C Is Now an Art Destination |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/01/arts/design/la-guardia-delta-terminal-c-art.html |access-date=August 6, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806182316/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/01/arts/design/la-guardia-delta-terminal-c-art.html |url-status=live}}</ref>