We had a game plan of what we wanted to show. Now, I’m pretty much of a supporter of ecological type of exhibits. In other words, this is a shorebird exhibit. And so, we’re gonna design the exhibit to look like a shore with the way the pools are and… Read More
Were you involved in any type of fundraising?… Read More
I was not involved in any type of fundraising, that was done by others. Read More
The St. Louis Zoo is funded by a zoo-museum tax district. And it’s a tax on real and personal property for people who live in the city, as well as St. Louis County. And that money is taken and given to some institutions and the zoo receives the largest portion… Read More
It was indeed the first major design I was ever involved in. Read More
How did it get funded?… Read More
Was your first major design that you were involved in?… Read More
This renovation fell in line with some other renovations. A new cat exhibit had been completed. The primate house had been completed, been renovated. The herpatarium had been, I think it had been renovated, that I think the birdhouse was the last. Obviously had the opportunity to work with these… Read More
So, all this had to be taken into account. So, we designed all of this and it was done as a team effort. We had design teams. And so, I would work with the architects and the engineers. Read More
And it really turned out to be a very, very spectacular product when it was finished. Read More
Was this your vision to do this or was it one that the director had or how did this renovations come about?… Read More
And we went from individual museum type glass type windows to high tension wires like the ones that had been done at Pittsburgh Aviary which was probably the first place that that’s been done. So, we had all these high tension wire, I think there’s over almost 9,000 of them. Read More
What can happen here to make it better than it is?… Read More
Well, it was probably at that time, largely just cleaning it up, getting rid of some things that had become too numerous, too common and we really started working with things that needed to be worked with from a conservation and avicultural standpoint. I can remember even importing birds from… Read More
What can the waterfowl collection truly be?… Read More
I did. Read More
I think the goals were all directed toward, okay, what can this collection be?… Read More
Did you have some goals in mind?… Read More
I think that was pretty much it. So, after getting it straightened out… Oh, it had a tremendous aviculture program in terms of I don’t know how many incubators we had but they weren’t all running and weren’t in condition to run. So, it was I think the first year… Read More
The collection at the St. Louis Zoo at that time?… Read More