Salvator was born in Rome, New York and raised in Lawrenceville, NJ.[1][2] He began his education in building and design by joining his grandfather's businesses in construction and historic preservation in Princeton, N.J.[citation needed] He was responsible for the first total renovation of the Café Carlyle in New York's Carlyle Hotel,[3][4][5] The Ardsley Building's art deco lobby, as well as the Ritz Tower.[6][7] As a design associate to Mario Buatta,[8] Salvator and Mark Hampton worked on the restoration of Blair House, the President's Guest House.
He began his education in building and design by joining his grandfather's businesses in construction and historic preservation in Princeton, N.J. He holds degrees in accounting and law, is a member of the Bar in three jurisdictions. He also attended the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons School of Design for interior design.
References
^Gura, Judith (2008). New York Interior Design 1935-1985: Masters of Modernism. New York: Acanthus Press. p. 285. ISBN978-0-926494-52-7 – via ISSU.
^Hauge, Lesley; Ballen, Sian (December 14, 2007). "Scott Salvator". New York Social Diary. New York Social Diary. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
^Buatta, Mario; Evans Eerdmans, Emily; Rense, Paige (October 8, 2013). Mario Buatta: Fifty Years of American Interior Decoration. New York: Rizzoli. p. 107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117. ISBN978-0-8478-4072-4.
^Loring, John (December 2010). "A Modern Classic: Design Center Chief Charles S. Cohen and His Wife, Clo, Mingle Old and New at Their Connecticut Estate". Architectural Digest: 115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125.
^Loos, Ted; Duffley, Colleen; Sperduto, Doretta (April 2004). "High Style: Designer Scott Salvator Creates a Glamorous Aerie From Three Combined Suites in Manhattan's Sherry-Netherland Hotel". House Beautiful: 84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91.
^Wilkie, Angus; Sverbeyeff, Elizabeth; Estersohn, Pieter (April–May 1996). "How Un-Park Avenue: An Aristocratic Art Dealer and His Idiosyncratic Collection". Elle Decor: Cover, 26, 212,213,214,215,216,217,218,219.
^Gura, Judith (2008). New York Interior Design 1935-1985: Masters of Modernism. New York: Acanthus Press. p. 285. ISBN978-0-926494-52-7 – via ISSU.