ANTHONY C. ROMEO is an Aesthetic Realism Consultant, architect, and educator. He is Program Director of the Queens Library Program Unit at the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC), overseeing design, construction and maintenance of all public libraries in the borough of Queens, New York City.

After Superstorm Sandy, Mr. Romeo served as Project Executive for the Mayor’s recovery team, rebuilding NYC Parks Dept. structures destroyed by the storm in Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens, including the much-loved Steeplechase Pier in Coney Island.

He was then appointed Project Executive in charge of design for the NYC program focused on rapid recovery using modular home construction techniques, so that people made homeless by Sandy could get back home sooner.

Before joining the NYC DDC, Anthony Romeo was Director of Capital Management at Queens Borough Public Library, responsible for all renovations, additions, and new buildings throughout the borough. Under his leadership, Queens Library received multiple NYC Design Excellence Awards.

Prior to working in the public sector, he was principal and founder of Urbane Architects, P.C., which focused on projects aiding the community, including healthcare and senior housing.

As part of the Aesthetic Realism Foundation’s Outreach program, Mr. Romeo and Aesthetic Realism Consultant Dale Laurin have given nearly 200 talks in New York and throughout the country, showing how Aesthetic Realism explains the beauty of architecture and its meaning for our lives. His talks include “The Columns of Ancient Greece and What I Learned about Assertion and Yielding in Myself,” and “Andrea Palladio’s Villa Rotunda and What I Learned about Love,” which you can see on YouTube.

At the Aesthetic Realism Foundation in New York City, he has given seminars with his colleagues dealing with the questions of men about importance, success, love, and more. Two of his papers are: “Can a Man Be Powerful and Kind?” and “Honesty—Will It Get a Man What He Really Wants?”

Since 2007, Mr. Romeo has been an Adjunct Professor at New York College of Technology, CUNY, teaching Architectural History from ancient times through the industrial revolution, Introduction to Architecture, and Building Technology.

Mr. Romeo is proud to have studied with Eli Siegel and to continue his study of Aesthetic Realism in classes with the Chair of Education, Ellen Reiss. He is married to poet and Aesthetic Realism Consultant Karen Van Outryve.