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Introduction of Landmarks Preservation Commission nominees
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Council Member Keith Powers introduces the nominees for the Landmarks Preservation Commission, providing detailed background information on each candidate.
- Nominees include Frank Mahan, Steven Chue, Erasmus Ikpemgbe, Steven Wilder, and Angie Master
- Each nominee's professional background, notable projects, and qualifications are presented
- The introductions highlight the diverse expertise of the nominees, including architecture, adaptive reuse, real estate, and urban planning
Keith Powers
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I'm gonna go through a quick, a quick bio.
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Frank Vaughan, as a resident of Manhattan, has been nominated to this mayor to serve on the LPC for a three year term beginning on 06/29/2025 and ending on 06/28/2028.
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He's worked at the international architecture firms Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill since 02/2008, where he's principal and the leader of the firm's adaptive reuse practice.
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Prior joining the firm, worked for renowned architects Stan Allen and Frank Gehry.
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A few of the adaptive reuse projects he has worked include landmark and historic buildings such as the Waldorf Astoria, South Street Seaport Museum, Moynihan train train hall, retail and offices based in the Farley Post Office, New York Stock Exchange, and renovations of Lever House, and 28 Liberty.
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He's worked on new construction projects as well, including 1 World Trade Center, 30 5 Hudson Yards, Jersey City's General Square, to name a few.
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He's a winner of the American Institute of Architects Young Architects Award.
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Was named to Building and Design Constructions forty under 40 list in 2017.
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He's a 28 graduating graduate of Princeton University School of Architecture.
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Steven Chew, resident of Queens, has been a commissioner since 2023.
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He's up for reappointment for a three year term expiring on 06/28/2027.
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He has worked at Ennead Architects where he's now a design principal at the firm, specialized in the design of cultural, educational, and civic institutions, including NYU Langone's Kimmel Pavilion, International Performing Arts Center in Shenzhen, China, Jazz And Lincoln Center's Rose Hall, the facade restoration and master plan at the public theater, redesign of Shakespeare in the Park's Delacorte Theatre, and much more.
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Twenty fifth, since 2015, he's been associate professor at the Pratt Institute's Graduate School of Architecture.
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He's a member of AIA and a 1994 graduate of Berkeley's College Berkeley's College of Environmental Design.
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Erasmus Ikemge, you're gonna do the pronunciation for me.
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So I'm proud of president.
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President Brookla has been nominated by the mayor to serve the remainder of a three year term that expires on 06/28/2027.
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He's currently senior associate at the firm Sabir Richardson and Weinberg Engineering Architecture where he's worked since 2032.
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In that capacity, he's worked on projects for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Office of Management and Budget, the MTA, School Construction Chart Authority, the Administration for Children's Services.
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He's been a registered architect in the state of New York since 2016 and is a 02/2008 graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Steven Wilder, a resident of Manhattan, has been been nominated to serve a, remainder of a three year term that expires on 06/28/2027.
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Since February 2013, he's owned his own architecture firm, which has worked on a variety of residential commercial projects.
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He's been a registered architect since October 2014.
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For nine years prior to starting his firm, worked as a project manager for construction projects at JP Design at Abyssinian Development Corporation.
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He's a '24 02/2004 graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.
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Angie Mastor, resident of Staten Island, has served on Landmark Preservation Commission since 2023.
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She's been renominated by the mayor to serve the remainder of a three year term that expires on 06/28/2027.
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She was recommended for the position by Staten Island Borough President Vito Ficella.
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Since 2015, she's been associate broker in real estate at Predomino Real Estate in Staten Island.
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Her portfolio includes small retail and strip malls.
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Her reappointment would fulfill the requirement that one member of the LPC be a realtor and then one must be from Staten Island.