delano's irreverent sense of humor was subtly expressed in some his architectural details and [[frieze]]s, such as the low-relief frieze of tortoises and hares in the apartment block at 1040 park avenue, and [[backgammon]] club rooms ornamented like backgammon boards. at the [[marine air terminal]] at [[laguardia airport]], built for [[pan american world airways|pan american airways]]' transatlantic [[seaplane]] service in 1939 and the oldest such passenger air facility still in use, his [[art deco]] [[terra cotta]] friezes feature [[flying fish]]. "there is as much that is new to be said in architecture today by a man of imagination who employs traditional motifs as there is in literature by an author, who, to express his thought, still employs the english language," delano wrote in 1928.