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and filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is his nephew. He has another nephew Miami based attorney Joseph Lipsky and a niece Kim Lipsky, a congressional staffer
Restoration and rejuvenation.
Wolkowsky grew up in Key West and Miami and received his degree from the University of Pennsylvania. After college, he began to restore buildings in the inner city of Philadelphia. He is credited with having begun the rejuvenation of Society Hill and Rittenhouse Square in that city.
Wolkowsky returned to Key West in late 1962, after the death of his
's collection of Tennessee Williams paintings, were exhibited at the Florida International, University Jewish Museum of Florida, receiving national press coverage in the New York Times.
For his 99th birthday, Wolkowsky was profiled by Michael Adno in The Bitter Southerner, "This Man Is an Island. In addition, The Miami Herald wrote about his island's name change to Wolkowsky Island.
External links.
- Photo of David Wolkowsky
- Florida Memory Photos