In Memory of

George Daddi

May 2, 2015

Obituary

Well-known Island architect George Daddi dies at 84
Staten Island Advance By Staten Island Advance
on May 03, 2015 at 9:15 PM

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- George Daddi, 84, of Grasmere, an accomplished and respected architect who worked with the team that designed and built the World Trade Center and whose commercial and residential designs were awarded accolades for excellence, died Saturday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze.

Born and raised in Livorno, Italy, he received his architectural training in his native country, where he also met and fell in love with Brunett Bianchi. The couple wed and immigrated to the United States in 1955, moving to South Beach. They settled in Grasmere in 1964.

Mr. Daddi undertook continuing education studies at the New York Institute of Technology in the early 1960s, in order to be accredited as an architect here.

He was a staff architect for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 1967 until 1989, and worked with the designers and builders of the Twin Towers. He then worked for Land Planning & Engineering Consultants on Staten Island, as well as in private practice, designing many commercial and residential buildings and projects on Staten Island and in Brooklyn.

One design close to his heart was that of the Father Dominic Epifanio Parish Center at Holy Rosary R.C. Church in South Beach.

Mr. Daddi was a member of the Staten Island chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

His time away from work was entirely dedicated to his family. He enjoyed traveling with his wife, visiting family in Italy and going to Quebec, other destinations in Canada and in the United States. And he delighted in the company of his children and grandchildren.

Mr. Daddi was a longtime parishioner of Holy Rosary Church, and was a member of Madonna Council, Knights of Columbus.

Surviving, along with Brunett, his wife of 60 years, are his son, Bill; his daughter, Sandra Versella, and three grandchildren.

The funeral will be Wednesday from the A. Azzara Funeral Home, South Beach, with a mass at 9:30 a.m. in Holy Rosary Church. Arrangements include cremation and entombment of his ashes at a future date in Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp.