Lee Harris Pomeroy, 85, Dies; Architect Revived Subway Stations

[daveklepper]

Lee Harris Pomeroy, 85, Dies; Architect Revived Subway Stations

[daveklepper]

Anyone wishing to learn this man's history and why he is important to rail transit can contac me at [e-mail].

I was assured by Trains in an email message that this data had been posted.

But as of this moment it has not been, Wednesday afternoon ini the USA.

[wanswheel]

http://www.mta.info/news-subway-architects-east-180th-street/2014/04/29/mta%E2%80%99s-east-180th-street-station-earns

Excerpt from NY Times, Feb. 13, 1986: Grand Central Terminal, whose preservation was a cause celebre among New Yorkers a decade ago, is being repainted, refurbished and, in effect, redefined in time for its 75th birthday two years from now… Lee Harris Pomeroy, whose architectural firm is overseeing the current renovations, described Grand Central Terminal as ''an architect's dream'' because of its light skeletal structure, which was part of the avant-garde of architecture, breaking away from bulky masonry when the terminal was built.

http://www.lhparch.com/categorylist.aspx?cat=6

[daveklepper]

Thanks!  As noted in the referenced URL, he was also responsible for the major renovation of what many railrans call the Roger Acara Buildling, since Roger wrote the definitive history of the New York Westchester and Boston, whose building you have illustrated.  It served as both the 180th Station and their offices, and now serves for the latter for the Transit Authority.  It is at the south end of that portion of the NYW&B that has been revived, first as a shuttle using elevated cars, but today the northern end of the lne 5 of the A Division (ex-IRT) Lexingon Avenue Subway,  Tracks south of the thsi point on the NYW&B and north of ten carlengths, about 520 feet, north of Dyer Avenue Station, have been removed and  ht eRofW sikd.   G;ad the building was preserved.