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The sketches displayed here were created by my Aunt – Jenny Scamporlino – as a tribute to her memory of the World Trade Center as it was before the destruction. Here are some words from her younger sister – my Aunt Fran:
“I hope they accept the sketches. What a wonderful tribute to her love for the city. When I met her (Jen) one day a year or so after the attack, we stood on Fifth avenue and looked downtown at the empty space. She (Jen) said ‘They Took away my Twin Towers!’ Actually she went a week or so after it happened – to Manhattan – but not to that area. We were all upset about it but she had to go as if to a funeral service. After that she got a depression that lasted for months. (a side note that we were all worried she was going to die) Thank God she recovered with the help of a loving family.”
Once Jenny was well enough she did these sketches so as to preserve her memory of Manhattan and those wonderful twin towers she loved. Being very close to her I was privileged that she entrusted them to me. Now I wish to memorialize both her talent and her love for Manhattan and the twin towers that once resided there. I believe she captured their essence here. She did these from memory not on scene. I consider it a great honor to her and to my family for these works to be displayed there at the Museum in her beloved city and borough.
Jenny loved to sketch and she also did some oil painting in her younger years. She passed away December 13, 2016. I want her to be a part of the memorial to the Twin Towers she loved.
Family Background:
Jenny’s father – Vincenzo Scamporlino – came to America in 1910 to start a new life. He established himself here and opened an Italian Store near Yankee Stadium.
His wife (Jenny’s mother) came over in 1913 and they were married. Both originated in Siracusa, Italy. They bought a house in the Bronx at 1519 Silver Street. Jenny was born in 1921 and had four sisters: Anna - born 1915; Lucy - born 1916; Sophie – born 1925; and Frances – born 1936.
Five wonderful girls to carry on the family – The Scamporlino Sisters. But of all five the one with the closest ties to Manhattan was Jenny. She worked there for many years as a dressmaker and pattern maker. What free time she had was used visiting the sites and stores all over Manhattan. Jen simply loved it there. St. Patrick’s Cathedral; FAO Schwartz; Rockefeller Center; Radio City Music Hall; The Natural History Museum; Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Guggenheim; the fantastic Public Library; Wall Street and R.H. Macy*s – she took me to see them all and inspired her love of Manhattan in me as well.
The great love my Grandparents had for America and specifically New York for giving them the chance for a better life and the environment to raise a wonderful family – was passed down to all of us.
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The sketches displayed here were created by my Aunt – Jenny Scamporlino – as a tribute to her memory of the World Trade Center as it was before the destruction. Here are some words from her younger sister – my Aunt Fran:
“I hope they accept the sketches. What a wonderful tribute to her love for the city. When I met her (Jen) one day a year or so after the attack, we stood on Fifth avenue and looked downtown at the empty space. She (Jen) said ‘They Took away my Twin Towers!’ Actually she went a week or so after it happened – to Manhattan – but not to that area. We were all upset about it but she had to go as if to a funeral service. After that she got a depression that lasted for months. (a side note that we were all worried she was going to die) Thank God she recovered with the help of a loving family.”
Once Jenny was well enough she did these sketches so as to preserve her memory of Manhattan and those wonderful twin towers she loved. Being very close to her I was privileged that she entrusted them to me. Now I wish to memorialize both her talent and her love for Manhattan and the twin towers that once resided there. I believe she captured their essence here. She did these from memory not on scene. I consider it a great honor to her and to my family for these works to be displayed there at the Museum in her beloved city and borough.
Jenny loved to sketch and she also did some oil painting in her younger years. She passed away December 13, 2016. I want her to be a part of the memorial to the Twin Towers she loved.
Family Background:
Jenny’s father – Vincenzo Scamporlino – came to America in 1910 to start a new life. He established himself here and opened an Italian Store near Yankee Stadium.
His wife (Jenny’s mother) came over in 1913 and they were married. Both originated in Siracusa, Italy. They bought a house in the Bronx at 1519 Silver Street. Jenny was born in 1921 and had four sisters: Anna - born 1915; Lucy - born 1916; Sophie – born 1925; and Frances – born 1936.
Five wonderful girls to carry on the family – The Scamporlino Sisters. But of all five the one with the closest ties to Manhattan was Jenny. She worked there for many years as a dressmaker and pattern maker. What free time she had was used visiting the sites and stores all over Manhattan. Jen simply loved it there. St. Patrick’s Cathedral; FAO Schwartz; Rockefeller Center; Radio City Music Hall; The Natural History Museum; Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Guggenheim; the fantastic Public Library; Wall Street and R.H. Macy*s – she took me to see them all and inspired her love of Manhattan in me as well.
The great love my Grandparents had for America and specifically New York for giving them the chance for a better life and the environment to raise a wonderful family – was passed down to all of us.