Professional Profile: Tyler Silvestro, 2019

Tyler Silvestro

Name: Tyler Silvestro

Title: Senior Landscape Architect

Company: Marvel Architect

Location: New York / San Juan

Birthplace: Bridgeport, CT

Education: Master of Liberal Arts, City College of New York

First job: Basketball summer camp counselor

First job in real estate or allied field: Designer / WXY Studio in NYC

What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? I lead the landscape architecture studio and look for opportunities to expand our work in ways that impact people’s daily lives. I also research emergent cities and ways they can prepare for an ecologically sensitive, urban-oriented future.

How do you unwind from a busy day? Cooking comfort food with my wife, Abigail and 3 year old daughter, Alma.

Favorite book or author: Larry McMurtry, Joan Didion, Kurt Vonnegut, Maurice Sendak

Favorite movie: “Spirited Away”

One word to describe your work environment: Energetic

Rules to live by in business: Always be gracious.

If you could invite one person to dinner (living or dead, but not related to you) who would it be and where would you go? Fredrick Law Olmsted, A BBQ in Prospect Park.

What is your dream job? Nurseryman