Meet Stephanie & Robert

Author Stephanie Azzarone is a native New Yorker who has spent many joyous hours learning about the city’s history and architecture. She has particularly enjoyed the sights of Riverside Park, Riverside Drive, and the city’s grand fountains — both famous and little known. A former journalist (freelancer for The New York Times and New York magazine, among others), she also ran an award-winning Manhattan public relations agency. Now a licensed New York City tour guide, Stephanie shares her knowledge of the city with natives and tourists alike, through walking tours and presentations. A graduate of New York University, Stephanie has a degree in Journalism. Her first book, Heaven on the Hudson: Mansions, Monuments, and Marvels of Riverside Park, published in fall 2022, received the Victorian Society Book of the Year Award. Her second book, Fabulous Fountains of New York, launches in fall 2025.

Fabulous Fountains of New York photographer Robert F. Rodriguez is formerly a photo editor for The Daily Mail and Gannett Newspapers. He has more than 40 years of experience photographing New York City and its environs and editing the photos of others. He was the photographer and photo editor for Heaven on the Hudson: Mansions, Monuments and Marvels of Riverside Park and was an artist-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Robert has a degree in journalism from New York University.

Stephanie and Robert met at NYU and have been married for over 40 years. This is their second collaboration on books about New York City.