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          State University Press to publish the final manuscript, and I was
          asked to give keynote address on the Terminal to the National
          Meeting of the Nickel Plate Railroad Association in 1996.  I will
          submit a paper proposal for the 1995 National Meeting of the
          Landscape Architects of America on the opening up of the Heights.

          Project Two: Eric Mendelsohn's Park Synagogue (1945-1953)
               Eric Mendelsohn (1887-1953) was the foremost Jewish
          architect of his generation and a significant pioneer of modern
          design.  He gained world renown just after World War I for his
          Einstein Tower in Potsdam.  While his early work is well studied
          and documented because of its relationship to German
          Expressionism., little has been done on his American commissions
          which he received after World War II.  Of all his late
          commissions, the Park Synagogue best expresses his total
          conception for a building.  My project is to expand on my earlier
          work (I published a long article on Park Synagogue in 1990) by
          conducting an in-depth analysis of the decision-making process
          and of the building itself.  My goal is to publish a monograph on
          the building which would include descriptive photographs (Jerald
          Brodkey might collaborate on this aspect) and architectural
          drawings, a short history of the congregation to place the
          project in context, and, most important, an analysis of
          architect-client relationship.  I have been given permission and
          access to all the primary correspondence and preliminary
          drawings.  Most important, I will be able to interview some key