Aaron Ingham Padwee

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Born in St. Vincents Hospital, NYC

Public School Education: PS 107 (Brooklyn) IS 88 (Brooklyn); LaGuardia High School of the Arts and Performing Arts. 1991/92 Attended Boston University School of Communication; 1992/93 Transferred to New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and majored in Photography; 1993/94 Studied Pre-Architecture in Florence, Italy under the auspices of the Syracuse University "studies abroad" program (and brought home a stray Italian dog--Amalfi--as a "souvenir"); 1995-1997 attended The State University of NY at New Paltz and majored in Geography (BA, 1997).

1999--worked for the Battery Park City Corp. Parks Conservancy as a Horticulturist.

Aaron was working at Battery Park City on 9/11/2001 when terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center. He saw the second plane fly over his head and into the South tower. Aaron and his co-workers spent the rest of the day driving firefighting supplies and medical supplies from Canal Street into the Trade Center area.

Works as a carpenter; builds furniture, apartments, houses. (2004+)

Websites: http://jbee.backpackit.com/pub/314194; http://www.panoramio.com/user/71834/tags/Prospect%20Park

Member of the TV & Movie Sets, Carpenters’ Union, IATSE Local 52. Aaron constructs TV and movie sets.(Oct. 2009+)

On May 29, 2018 Aaron was riding his bike to his gym from work when he was “doored” by a woman in a parked car and thrown under a truck. He died almost instantly. His friends organized a memorial service on June 8, and over 300 people attended. The service was filmed by my cousin, David Comora: https://youtu.be/045Eav__HD0.

Aaron’s art work can be found at this url: https://aaronpadwee.weebly.com/.

In April 2019 Aaron’s aunt, Lynn Padwee, organized a photo exhibit at the Monroe Township, NJ Public Library, “Three Photographers—One Family: Aaron, Lynn and Michael Padwee.”