Английская Википедия:Charles V. Paterno
Charles Vincent Paterno (born Canio Paternò, August 4, 1878 – May 30, 1946) was an Italian-born American real estate developer. He was called the "Napoleon of the Manhattan Skyscraper Builders".[1]
Life and career
Born in Castelmezzano, in the Italian region of Basilicata, to Giovanni Paternò, a real estate businessman, and Carolina Trivigno, Paterno emigrated to the United States due to financial problems caused by an earthquake which destroyed a construction project that his father was involved with. He graduated from Cornell Medical School in 1899, with the intention of becoming a doctor of medicine[2] but he never practiced the profession.[3] After his father's death, Paterno and his brother Joseph took over the family real estate business.[4][5] By 1918, the Paternos owned 75 buildings housing about 28,000 people.[6]
The Paterno name is connected to the construction and the development of a number of modern, luxurious apartment buildings in the Upper East Side, Morningside Heights, and Washington Heights neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, including:
- The Colosseum (1909–1910)
- The Paterno (1909–1910)[7]
- Hudson View Gardens (1923–25)
- 825 Fifth Avenue (1926–1927)
- Castle Village (1938–1939)
Paterno died at the Westchester Country Club in Harrison, New York, on May 30, 1946.[3] He is memorialized by the Paterno Trivium at the intersection of Cabrini Boulevard, West 187th Street, and Pinehurst Avenue in the Hudson Heights subsection of Washington Heights.[8]
Paterno Castle
The Paterno Castle, was an early 20th century Neo-Gothic four-story 35-room castle shaped mansion located in New York City, where Charles Paterno lived, in what is now a apartment complex.
The completed castle survived barely two decades. Paterno later moved from the castle to Greenwich, Connecticut,[9] and in 1938 he decided to demolish the castle and most of the surrounding estate to erect the "Castle Village" complex of co-operative apartments.[10] The area was becoming increasingly residential, and The New York Times quoted Paterno as saying that "the many improvements in that part of the city...had led to a strong residential movement in that area with a definite demand for the finer type of garden type apartments."[4]
Some remnants of the estate can still be seen to this day.
Gallery
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The Colosseum apartment building in 1910
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The Paterno in 1910
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Hudson View Gardens as seen from Bennett Park
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A building of the Castle Village complex
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825 Fifth Avenue, c.1939-1941
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A remnant of the Paterno estate, now a utility building for Castle Village
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The retaining wall from the estate is still used for Castle Village, seen behind it.
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A stone pillar remnant from the estate
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The "Pumpkin House", the former guest house of the Paterno estate as seen from the Hudson River Greenway.
References
Notes Шаблон:Reflist
Further reading
- "Charles V. Paterno: His Castle Ruled Washington Heights" Keith York City
External links
- ↑ Italian Americana, Volume 8, 1986, p.10
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Miller, Tom (July 16, 2012) "The Lost 1909 Paterno Castle – 185th Street and Riverside Drive" Daytonian in Manhattan
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Walsh, Kevin (December 22, 2000) "Postcards from the Edge of Town" Forgotten NY
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Paterno Trivium, New York City Parks and Recreation Department
- ↑ Staff (January 22, 2010) "Patrno's Castle" My Inwood
- ↑ "Demolishing A Castle In New York 1938" (video) British Pathé
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