Immigrant Architect: Rafael Guastavino and the American Dream

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The Spanish architects Rafael Guastavino Sr. and his son, Rafael Guastavino Jr., designed more than one thousand iconic spaces across New York City and the United States, such as the New York City Hall Subway Station (still a tourist destination though no longer active), the Manhattan Federal Reserve Bank, the Nebraska State Capitol, the Great Hall of Ellis Island, the Oyster bar at Grand Central Terminal in New York, the Elephant House at the Bronx Zoo, the soaring tiled vaults under the Queensboro Bridge, the central dome of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, and the Boston Public Library. Written in the voice of the son, who was eight years old in 1881 when he immigrated to America with his father, this is their story.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
Published: 04/07/2020
ISBN: 9780884488125
Pages: 60
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.50h x 11.20w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2020
School Library Journal 03/01/2020 pg. 124