Liberta’s first taste of stonework took place when he was just a teenager working with his father, an Italian stonemason from New York. “He took me to a jobsite at Trump Plaza, and that was the first time I experienced stone,” he said. “From there, I started helping him with a few restaurants in Little Italy [in New York City], including work for the S.P.Q.R. restaurant.
“I happened to pursue a career on Wall Street where I worked for many years,” he continued. “Then in 1990, I left and came to Seattle, WA, and started my own stone fabrication business, Orion Marble and Granite. Seven years later, a partner joined me in the operation.”