Last week, PBDW Consulting Partner Sam White FAIA was honored at Bronx Community College’s Scholarship Gala for his yearlong devotion to the preservation of the Gould Memorial Library. The library was designed by Sam’s great grandfather, Stanford White, as a reinterpretation of the Pantheon. Completed in 1899 as an anchor for what was then the new University Heights campus of New York University, the building served as an inspiring symbol of the university’s educational and cultural aspirations for over seven decades. After the city acquired the campus from NYU in 1973 to become the home of BCC, the library suffered decades of neglect due to lack of funding for maintenance and repairs. In 2016, the library was placed on the Preservation League of New York State’s Seven to Save Endangered Properties List. Along with his co-chairs, Michael Parley and Sherida Paulsen, Sam formed the Save the Gould Memorial Library Advisory Board in 2016, to raise awareness and funding for the building’s restoration and to search for a suitable, contemporary use. While this laudable work is certainly a long-term effort, in its short tenure thus far the Board has succeeded in initiating the restoration of the library’s domed copper roof – a geometric masterpiece requiring the highest levels of craftsmanship. The ongoing work is featured on the opening page of Nicholson & Galloway’s web site. Please join us in applauding Sam for doing this important work, and in congratulating him as he receives this fitting honor. Architectural photography: @jon.wallen #gouldmemoriallibrary #preservation #restoration #historic #library #community #publicuse #BronxCommunityCollege #gala #architecture #design #pbdwarchitects