CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF PIAZZA BASILONE – Created by Environs


GROUND BREAKING OF PIAZZA BASILONE - July 16, 2001

Lou Palestini, Chair of Task Force; John Richetti, Sculptor; and Tommy Avila, TF Member at ground breaking of Piazza Basilone.	Lou Palestini and Marco Li Mandri doing the honors of the symbolic ground breaking.	Future home of the Piazza Basilone; corner of India and Fir Streets.

PROGRESSION CONSTRUCTION SHOTS OF PIAZZA BASILONE - August 2003 to November 2003

Piazza Basilone under construction on August 26, 2003	Piazza Basilone under construction on September 10, 2003
Piazza Basilone under construction on September 14, 2003	Piazza Basilone under construction on September 22, 2003
Piazza Basilone under construction on September 25, 2003	Piazza Basilone under construction on October 1, 2003
Piazza Basilone under construction on October 8, 2003	Piazza Basilone under construction on October 28, 2003
Piazza Basilone Dedication on November 4, 2003

DEDICATION CEREMONY OF PIAZZA BASILONE – November 4, 2003

County Dignitaries, City Dignitaries and Piazza Basilone Task Force Executive Committee at Dedication Ceremony saluting to Marine Color Guard.	Bagpiper honoring the fallen soldiers by playing “Amazing Grace” at the ceremony.
The fountain is started and the bust, of Sgt. John Basilone, unveiled.	The crowds flood the Piazza Basilone after the Dedication Ceremony to experience Little Italy’s great new public space.
Tommy Avila, Honorary Chair of Piazza Basilone Task Force, sees his dream come to fruition.

THE PIAZZA BASILONE IN USE AND IS A SUCCESSFUL USE OF PUBLIC SPACE
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