Gilmore David Clarke

Gilmore David Clarke

Gilmore David Clarke [See e.g. Columbia University, Oral History Research Office: " [http://www.inthefirstperson.com/firp/firp.detail.documents.aspx?documentcode=OHI0018067-13510 Reminiscences of Gilmore David Clarke] " for his middle name. URL last accessed June 30, 2006.] (July 12, 1892 [Rootsweb: [http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2873302&id=I464 Clarke, Gilmore David] . URL last accessed June 30, 2006.] – August 8, 1982"New York Times", August 10, 1982, p. B19: " [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/engineering_and_engineers/index.html?s=oldest&offset=90& Gilmore D. Clarke, 90, is dead; designed major public works] ".] ) was an American civil engineer and landscape architect who designed many parks and public spaces in New York City.

Born in New York, he went to Cornell University to study landscape architecture and civil engineering, graduating in 1913 with a B.S. degree. After World War I, during which he served as an engineer in the U.S. Army, he served on several architectural commissions, ranging from local to federal level. Amongst others, he was a member of the Architectural Advisory Board for the U.S. Capitol and of the New York State Council of Parks. He was awarded a Gold Medal of Honor by the Architectural League of New York in 1931 for his works in Westchester County.

In 1934 he became a consultant for the New York City Park Department under parks commissioner Robert Moses. His works in the city include the Central Park Zoo the expansion of Riverside Park, and many other public spaces. The following year, he teamed up with Michael Rapuano (1904 – 1975)Sculpture Review: "In Memoriam: Michael Rapuano", [http://cfd79.cfdynamics.com/chaimgross/nss/sr_back_issues/detail.cfm?issue_id=19762 Sculpture Review XXV(1)] ; Spring 1976.] , founding the firm of Clarke & Rapuano. From 1935 to his retirement in 1950 he taught landscape architecture at Cornell University, where he was the Dean of Architecture from 1939 on.

Clarke designed the landscape architecture of the 1939 New York World's Fair, and he and his firm of Clarke & Rapuano were also deeply involved in the design of the 1964 New York World's Fair, which were both held at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. For the 1964 exhibition, Clarke designed the Unisphere, and his company designed many of the fountains and statues in the park, as well as the "Garden of Meditation" exhibit. [New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission: " [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/unisphere.pdf The Unisphere with its surrounding pool and fountains] ", May 16, 1995. Designation List 263; LP-1925. URL last accessed June 30, 2006.]

Clarke was also appointed the landscape architect and engineer for the Garden State Parkway. He had closely worked with Robert Moses and combined the examples of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the Merritt Parkway to give the highway an efficient and beautiful appearance.

Clarke retired from his firm in 1972 and later consulted on the construction of the United Nations Headquarters. He also became a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History. He died aboard the ship "Royal Viking Star" on a cruise off the coast of Denmark.

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* [http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/Aap-exhibit/AAP10.html Architecture at Cornell; World War II and Postwar] .


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