Barrett E. Reiter
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​Projects - ​Columbia University MSHP
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The following are some of the projects completed while working towards my degree at Columbia's Historic Preservation program.  I continue to be involved with the program through our alumni group, Preservation Alumni, where I am a board member.  If you are interested in knowing more about the program, what a preservation program entails, or are thinking about attending such a program, please feel free to get in touch. 

Columbia University, GSAPP: Thesis 2016
In completion of my master's degree, I studied the role of the New Deal era post office as a national type with an uncertain future. 
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Thesis 2016
Columbia University, GSAPP: Gingerbread houses of Port-au-Prince
As part of an advanced international studio composed of preservation, urban planning, and real estate students, I visited Port-au-Prince, Haiti to collect data on the Gingerbread houses, a national building typology of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Gingerbread houses of Port-au-Prince

Columbia University, GSAPP: Historic Preservation Studio II
The attached report was the result of a semester devoted to the study of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York and included stakeholder studies, materials analyses, long-term preservation planning, design interventions, and historical research. The supplied link will take you directly to Columbia University's website where our studio's final publication has been posted. 
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

Columbia University, GSAPP: Historic Preservation Studio I
Preservation Studio I provides an early grounding in the types and methods of preservation work including architectural photography, the mechanics of writing building descriptions and doing measured drawings, the methods of undertaking historic research, and the interpretation of architectural style. Together, Studio I projects aim to instill the foundational skills of the preservation field. 
400 Madison Avenue
Dyotte Mausoleum
146 East 56th Street

Church of the Beloved Disciple: National Register Nomination
The Church of the Beloved Disciple, is now St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church. As a Catholic Church-owned building, the church and its associated buildings will not be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but the resource has been found 'eligible' (as of June 2016) for the National Register under Criterion A (Events) and Criterion C (Architecture).  A finding of eligibility allows for the same protections and establishes that the property is a historic resource. To see the information I used to argue for its significance, please explore!
National Register

Avery Library: Drawings & Archives
The attached blog post was written about my first two months as a Primary Sources Graduate Intern at Avery Library's Drawings & Archives. If you are not familiar with the library, Avery is the largest and most extensive architectural and fine arts libraries in the world.
The collections that I have worked on include: Gordon Bunshaft, Felix Augenfeld, WASA Studio, Harvey Wiley Corbett, and the Frank Lloyd Wright Manuscript Collection.
Internship Blog
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  • Home
  • Projects - NYC LPC
  • Graduate Studies
    • Thesis 2016
    • Gingerbread Houses, Haiti
    • Dyotte Mausoleum
    • 146 East 56th Street
    • National Register
  • Interests
    • Knowing neo-Grec
    • Photography
    • Eclectic Collections
  • Contact