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Arthur Edward Imperatore, Sr. (born July 8, 1925 in West New York, New Jersey) is an Italian-American businessman from New Jersey. He is best known as being the founder and president of the NY Waterway, a ferry service.〔Joel Stonington, "A New Ferry Terminal, the Same Fretful Commute," ''New York Times'', March 18, 2009, found at (New York Times archives ). Accessed February 8, 2010.〕〔Charles V. Bagli, "Settlement Is Reached in Ferry Case," ''New York Times'', July 18, 2006, found at (New York Times archives ). Accessed February 8, 2010.〕〔Charles V. Bagli and Kevin Flynn, "HARBOR MASTER: A Fleet and How It Grew; Ferry Operator's Dominance Draws Rivals' Anger," ''New York Times'', July 22, 2003, found at (New York Times archives ). Accessed February 8, 2010.〕〔Elissa Ruffino, "FERRY KING ARTHUR IMPERATORE SR. JOINS THE NATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS," Press Release, March 20, 2003, National Italian-American Foundation, found at (National Italian-American Foundation website ) and ''Italian Voice'', April 3, 2002, found at (Highbeam website ). Accessed February 8, 2010.〕 ==Career== in 1947 he started a local trucking business with his brothers Eugene, Arnold, George and Harold using a surplus US Army truck, which eventually became A-P-A Transport Corp., the nation's fourth largest interstate freight trucking company (closed 2002).〔David Rounds, "Perfecting a Piece of the World: Arthur Imperatore and the Blue-Collar Aristocrats of A-P-A" Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1993〕 In 1978 he purchased the Colorado Rockies hockey team and tried to move it to New Jersey. The move failed at that time because the Brendan Byrne Arena was still under construction, and there was no arena in northern New Jersey that was suitable enough even for temporary use. In 1982, he sold the team to John McMullen. By this time, the Brendan Byrne Arena was ready for play, and McMullen moved the team there as the New Jersey Devils. In 1981 Imperatore purchased a length of waterfront in Weehawken and West New York, NJ from the bankrupt Penn Central railroad for $7.5 million. In 1986 he started the NY Waterway ferry service between Weehawken and Manhattan.〔 〕 In 1989 he started an upscale restaurant, ''Arthur's Landing'', in Weehwaken along the Hudson River. It closed in 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Imperatore, Sr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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