Asst. Project Manager – Charles H. Henkels, AIA, New York
Conditions Survey – St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Brooklyn
Walks leader & Docent – Context Travel Tour Company, New York
Film Research & Transcription – Ajna Films, New York
2009-2010 RECESSION VOLUNTEER WORK
Restoration and Maintenance – The Waterfront Museum, Brooklyn
Construction Worker – Habitat for Humanity, New York
Preservation Consultant – Save St. Vincent de Paul, Inc.
Architecture Program Creator & Director – Hebrew Home for the Aged, Riverdale
English Tutor – The International Center, New York
WORK EXPERIENCE
Oct. 2007- Project Manager, Superstructures Engineers + Architects, NYC.
Feb. 2009 Construction administration on exterior repair and restoration projects, historic preservation, Local Law 10/80 and 11/98 Review projects. On-site inspections, spec writing, façade investigations, research, report writing, masonry conservation, waterproofing, and construction documents preparation. CAD drafting. Scaffolding certification. Developed survey form and conducted comprehensive terra cotta survey of Newtown High School, a NYC historic landmark. Daily construction administration in new roofing project at Goldwater Hospital, Roosevelt Island, NYC.
Mar. 2006- Project Director, Thornton-Tomasetti Group, Inc., NYC.
Sep. 2007 Historic Preservation Group. Duties: construction administration on exterior repair and restoration projects, historic preservation, Local Law 10/80 and 11/98 Construction administration and restoration project of landmark William Lescaze House, NYC. Construction administration and masonry restoration project at landmark Cherokee Apts. Complex, NYC.
Apr. 2005- Project Associate, Rand Engineering & Architecture, PC, NYC.
Mar. 2006 Construction administration on exterior repair and restoration projects, historic preservation, Local Law 10/80 and 11/98 Review projects. Capital improvement surveys and reports, on-site inspections, spec writing, façade investigations, research, report writing, masonry conservation, waterproofing, and construction documents preparation. Scaffolding certification.
Feb. 2001- Preservation Officer, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC.
Apr. 2005 Reviewing applications to restore, rehabilitate, or alter city landmarks or properties in historic districts, as well as new construction in historic districts. Review of architectural drawings and building specifications, interaction with architects and contractors, site visits and inspections, and presentations to the Commission at public hearings. Issuance of permits for proposed work. Special desk assignment: historic houses. Scaffolding certification.
Oct. 2000- Assistant Conservator, A. Ottavino Stone Corporation, NYC.
Feb. 2001 Involved in a variety of projects in collaboration with the director of preservation of company which specializes in building restoration, fine arts conservation, stone fabrication and construction. Responsibilities include documentation, surveying, treatment application and assessment.
Summer Exhibition Specialist, National Park Service, Fort Union National Monument,
2000 Watrous, New Mexico.
Conservator responsible for the conservation of remaining plaster fragments on walls of historic adobe and brick fort. Treatments included: cleaning, grouting, infilling and edging. Photographic and descriptive documentation of the plasters before and after treatment, including a final report on the conservation project. Overseeing and directing the work of two ICOMOS summer interns. Work on scaffolding.
1999 - Site Conservator, Mission San Juan Capistrano, California
2000 Assist the conservation project manager with lime plasters and stone masonry
conservation treatments to the sanctuary dome in the Great Stone Church at the
mission. Treatments include: cleaning, grouting, infilling, edging, brick and stone
re- pointing, and stacco technique of plaster removal. Work on scaffolding.
Summer American Academy in Rome, Cosa Archaeological Park and Museum,
1999 Cosa (Tuscany).
Site conservator working on wall plasters and mosaics in ancient Roman villa. Tasks included: preparation and application of mortars, grouts, consolidants and re-burial schemes.
1998 - Graduate Intern, The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles.
1999 Working for the Agora Initiative undertaking advanced research of literature on conservation issues related to contested heritage and the conservation of architecture of the modern movement. Written results, including an annotated bibliography, were disseminated through in-house website.
1996- Internship, The Historic Districts Council, NYC..
1998 Part-time assistant to the executive director of this grass roots organization dedicated to protecting the integrity of the New York City Landmark Law and looking after the city's historic districts. Contributed in the planning and organization of the Council's Second, Third, and Fourth Annual Preservation Conference.
Summer Internship, Allee King Rosen & Fleming, Inc., NYC.
1997 Working in Cultural Resources Department of environmental and urban planning firm on transportation project known as the Manhattan East Side Transportation Alternative. Completed background research and inventory of over 50 potential historic properties to serve as basis for an environmental impact statement.
Jan. 97 - Editor, World Monuments Fund, NYC.
Mar. 97 Translated, summarized and consolidated applications for the World Monuments Watch List of Endangered Sites of 1998 from Spanish speaking countries. The Watch is a grant program available to qualified sites worldwide. Edited statements of qualification, slides and other visual material; data entered in The Watch database.
Jan. 97- Teaching Assistant, Columbia University, Historic Preservation Department, NYC.
Mar. 97 For Professor John Stubbs in the preparation and presentation of material for his course Classical Language and Theory of Architecture.
Summer Intern, NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC.
1996 Working in the commission's Preservation Department in charge of updating all photographic material relating to the city's designated historic districts. Other responsibilities included acting as assistant to the director of the salvage warehouse keeping inventory of donated and sold artifacts, as well as retrieving and rescuing architectural elements around the city.
EDUCATION
2008 Pratt Institute, New York, NY
AutoCAD Professional Level I
2003 West Dean College, West Sussex, England
Conservation and Repair of Stone Masonry
English Heritage course with John Ashurst
1998 Columbia University, GSAPP, New York, NY
Mater of Science in Historic Preservation, History and Conservation Science
Thesis: "The National Arts Schools, Havana 1961-1965: A Study for their Conservation"
1983 University of Georgia, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Athens, GA
Bachelor of Arts in Broadcasting and Film Production, Minor Field: French
2008
Summer Palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Amritsar, Punjab, India Restoration Project: acting as project manager in the restoration of early 19th-century palace, under the direction of conservation architect Gurmeet Rai, including new roofing membrane, stucco conservation, and reconstruction schemes.
Bartow-Pell Mansion, Bronx, NY. Stone Masonry Volunteer Project: restoration of historic 1914 Delano & Aldrich bluestone pavers at formal gardens, including restoration of bluestone gallets, with Heritage Conservation Network and DeGruchy Masonry Restoration.
Guest speaker, AIA New York Chapter's Historic Building Committee, New York Center for Architecture, January 30, 2008 - New York, NY
2007
Speaker at Assoc. for Preservation Technology’s International Conference: Old World Technologies Adapting in the New World, November 3-7, 2007 - San Juan, Puerto Rico
Gramercy Park, NYC. Historic cast iron fence restoration: decayed coating removal and application of rust inhibitor prior to new paint application, with G&L Popian Inc., September - October, 2007
Open House New York 07 – Site sponsor and tour guide for the Church of St. Vincent de Paul
"Albert Ledner: Buildings for the National Maritime Union"
Symposium organized by: DOCOMOMO US New York/Tri-State Chapter, September 25, 2007
Successfully nominated the Church of St. Vincent de Paul in NYC to the New York State Historic Preservation Office. Eligibility letter for inclusion in the State and National Register of Historic Places received from NY’s SHPO in February 2007.
2006
AIC Workshop: “Inpainting of Glazed Spalls on Architectural Terra Cotta and Tiles.â€
APTNE Louis Sullivan Terra Cotta Symposium, October –NYC
Open House New York 06 – Site sponsor and tour guide for the Church of St. Vincent de Paul
Creator and Presenter: DOCOMOMO/Tri-State First Register Training Session – Power Point presentation, March – NYC
APTNE Annual Conference – Albany, NY
2005
APTNE Architectural Envelope Evaluation Workshop, Frelinghuysen Morris House Studio -Lenox, MA
2004
VIII DOCOMOMO International Conference - New York City, planner/organizer of technical seminars and tours
Exhibit: “Architecture and Revolution in Cuba, 1959-1969â€, September-October, Storefront for Art & Architecture, NYC
2003
Conservation and Repair of Stone Masonry, West Dean College, West Sussex,
England; English Heritage course with John Ashurst
2002-2003
Language Bank Translator Award, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, NYC
2002
Preserving Historic Cemeteries Seminar, New York Landmarks Conservancy
1999
Successfully nominated the National Arts Schools in Havana to the World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites of the Year 2000 & 2002. The Watch is a global program which aims to call public attention to critically imperiled cultural heritage sites and direct financial support to their preservation.
1999
Participant in the 1999 exhibition and conference: "Architecture and Revolution: Escuelas Nacionales de Arte, La Habana 1961-1965." Event curated and organized by the MAK Center for Applied Arts and Architecture, Vienna, The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (The Smithsonian), New York, and The Buell Center for Research in American Architecture at Columbia University.
1997-1998
Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, scholarship recipient
1996-1997
National Hispanic Scholarship Fund scholarship recipient
1996 to1998
Contributed in the planning and organization of the Historic Districts Council's Second,
Third and Fourth Annual Preservation Conference in New York
“Vanishing Histories: 100 Endangered Sites from the World Monuments Watchâ€, New York: Abrams, 2001
“The Guide to Important Modern Buildings Worldwideâ€, DOCOMOMO Newsletter, Spring 2001
OTHER SKILLS
French, Spanish, working knowledge of Italian and Portuguese; Microsoft Office, Excel,
PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, ClarisWorks, FileMaker Pro
AFFILIATIONS
Board Member and Register Director, docomomo New York/Tri-State; Board Member, Save St. Vincent de Paul, Inc., National Trust for Historic Preservation, Columbia University Preservation Alumni, Association for Preservation Technology, Landmark West!
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