Rosario Candela: An Immigrant Architect in New York

With guest speaker, Andrew Alpern, Architectural Historian. When Rosario Candela (1890 – 1953) left Palermo to come to America with his father, he was an 18-year old laborer with virtually no knowledge of English. Yet, he overcame his humble background, talked his way into the School of Architecture at Columbia University, and became an architect who designed many of the finest apartment houses in New York City. Andrew Alpern will discuss Candela’s unusually fast rise within his profession and the exceptional building buildings he produced. Light refreshments will be served. Seating is limited. This is part of the Philip V. Cannistraro Seminar Series in Italian American Studies.
Admission: free; open to the public (registration is required)