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David John J. Carnivale
Noted architect, preservationist, author and artist. (born April 29,1958) Author of "The Affordable House" (BookSurge Publishing - September 16, 2005), which - after the Bible - was the second book to appear cover-to-cover on the Internet's first architectural website The Affordable House.

In 2000 David Carnivale stopped demolition of, and subsequently restored the 1678 Lakeman-Cortelyou-Taylor House (New Dorp, Staten Island). In 2005 he stopped the demolition of the 1825 Seaman Cottage which was instead relocated to Richmondtown Restoration (S.I.). Carnivale has also been active in helping a number of other notable Staten Island structures become designated as landmarks, and for his efforts has won a number of preservation awards:

Awards
During 2001-2005 he filed lawsuits against New York State concerning a new continuing education requirement passed by the legislature but written by a special-interest group for their own financial benefit; as a pro se plaintiff his complaint was put on the 2004 docket of the U.S. Supreme Court.(placed on U.S. Supreme Court docket 6/14/04 as number 03-10797 "David Carnivale v. New York State Department of Education") He did not prevail but he rewrote the suit and brought it to NYS Supreme Court(Index No.04/116780; purchased on 11/29/04" Carnivale v. State of New York et al") based on NYS Constitutional protections, and the state amended the law in question to satisfy much of Mr. Carnivale's complaint (NYS Education Law 7308 Amended effective Jan.1, 2005- L.2004, ch.706,section 1;8 NYCRR Section 69.6(b)(1),(c)(1)). His architectural practice to date has produced plans to approximately 500 projects, including a planned new community and an airport, both in Tenn., as well as residences in two dozen states and many Manhattan commercial projects.

Background
A native Staten Islander, he was raised in Richmond where he spent his youth helping restore the historic village's Dutch and English colonial era buildings of the historic village and learning American architectural history from one of the founders of the restoration (and the island's first Borough Historian) Loring McMillen. Attended Susan E. Wagner High School 1972-76; Staten Island Community College and Richmond College 1976-78 (all on S.I.); New York Institute of Technology (Manhattan campus 1978-80 and Old Westbury L.I. campus 1980-82) and one semester at the American Academy of Rome in 1981.