Immigrant Architect: Rafael Guastavino and the American Dream

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 and the Great Hall of Ellis Island. 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.