This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
The collection consists of legal papers, invoices, correspondence, project reports, specifications, publicity material and some photographs. Projects represented in the collection include New York Zoological Park / Bronx Zoo, Dallas Zoo, Seneca Park Zoo, Beardsley Zoo (Bridgeport, CT), Norfolk Zoo, Cleveland Zoo, Rochester Zoo, Public School 45 (Brooklyn, NY), Lamberton Conservatory (Rochester, NY), New York Psychiatric Institute Division Laboratories, Morrisville College (Morrisville, NY), and Delaware County Office Building (Dehli, DE).
This collection is unprocessed. For more information, please contact the Department of Drawings & Archives
This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
Source of acquisition--The collection was donated in 2010 (Accession number 2010.007).
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Hebert W. Riemer was born in Brooklyn, NY on July 24, 1927. He joined the firm of Morris Ketchum, Jr., later becoming a partner. Later he established his own practice out of Great Neck, NY. Many of his commissions were for zoological parks located throughout the United States, most prominately the Dallas Zoo and the Bronx Zoo. His zoo designs often included the use of a monorail for viewing animal exhibits. Riemer died on June 29, 2009.
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