 The U.S. arrival of Georg and Maria Von Trapp and their children from Austria that fall at Ellis Island who would eventually become the Trapp Family Singers was another significant decade-ending event that year in La Guardia's mayoralty.In 1943, La Guardia saved 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.