Education

Kansas University, Lawrence, Kansas; B.A. Art History, 1972

University of Missouri, Kansas City; M.A. Art History, 1981

Background

Cydney Millstein is a preservation consultant, architectural historian, and principal/owner of Architectural & Historical Research, LLC, in Kansas City, Missouri, with nationwide experience in the field for over 25 years. Her work includes the examination and documentation of buildings and industrial typologies for a variety of clients, both public and private. She has lectured on many related topics and has published articles in professional journals including CRM and Legacies and was a contributing essayist for Pioneers of American Landscape Design I. Her book, Houses of Missouri: 1870-1940, co-authored with Dr. Carol Grove, was published by Acanthus Press, NY, October 2008.

Ms. Millstein has served as a member of the Board of Trustees for the National Association for Olmsted Parks, president of the Missouri Valley Chapter–Society of Architectural Historians and Chair, Nominations Committee for the Society for Industrial Archeology. She is currently a Trustee for the Liberty Memorial Association, Kansas City, Missouri and a member of the Cultural Landscape Foundation. Ms. Millstein has received several awards including the National Trust for Historic Preservation Honor Award; The Osmond Overby Award, Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation; The State Historical Society of Missouri Brownlee Award; the U. S. General Services Administration/Public Buildings Service Award and the Dr. George Ehrlich Achievement in Preservation Award.

Experience

Documentation and Federal Compliance

Nominated to the National Register of Historic Places

• The Palace Clothing Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Old Elks Club Building, Joplin, Missouri
• The Temple Block Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Jensen-Salsbery Laboratory Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The William S. Mitchell, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Dorson Apartments, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Ira and Charles Van Noy Residences, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Tower and Silent Unity District, Unity School, Unity Village, Mo
• The Daviess County Rotary Jail, Gallatin, Missouri
• Courthouse Square Historic District, Harrisonville, Missouri
• Townley Metal & Hardware Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Kansas City Water Department Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Farmers Bank Building, Norborne, Missouri
• Wheeling Corrugating Company Building, North Kansas City, Missouri
• United States Post Office and Courthouse, Montgomery, Alabama
• The Odessa Ice Cream Company Building, Odessa, Missouri
• Sears, Roebuck and Company Building, North Kansas City, Missouri
• Historic Courthouse Square, Fayette, Missouri
• Historic Downtown Commercial District, Excelsior Springs, Missouri
• Richards Conover Hardware Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Osceola Public School, Osceola, Missouri
• Commerce Bank Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Walnut Street Warehouse and Commercial District, Kansas City, Missouri
• The George H. Nettleton Home, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Charles S. Keith Residence, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Safeway Stores Office and Warehouse Building, Kansas City, Mo
• The Baker-Vawter Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Simpson-Yeomans/Country Side Expansion, Kansas City, Missouri
• Helping Hand Institute Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The National Garage, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Plaza Hotel, Trenton, Missouri
• Liberty Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Norman Tromanhauser Residence, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Quindaro Archeological Site, Kansas City, Kansas
• The Century Apartments, St. Joseph, Missouri
• The Waltower Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• 9th and Baltimore Historic District Expansion, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Chambers Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Sewall Paint and Glass Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Kansas City Club Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• TWA National Headquarter's Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Guadalupe Center, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Exchange Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Knickerbocker Apartments, Kansas City, Missouri
• St. John's Mercy Hospital Building, Springfield, Missouri
• Working Class Hotels Multiple Property Submission, Kansas City, Mo
• Midwest Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri
• Rieger Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri
• Monroe Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri
• United States Post Office, Kansas City, Missouri
• Union Station (Boundary Increase), Kansas City, Missouri
• Park Lane Apartments, Kansas City, Missouri
• Michael H. and Rose Katz Residence, Kansas City, Missouri
• Kansas City Southern Railway Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Buick Automobile Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Kansas City Title Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Old Town Historic District, Expansion I
• Old Town Historic District, Expansion II
• Graphic Arts Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Windsor Apartments, Springfield, Missouri
• The Pearl Apartments, Springfield, Missouri
• Camp Manor Apartments, Springfield, Missouri
• The Fore Shoe Company Building, Springfield, Missouri
• The Barclay Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Old Town Historic District, Expansion III
• The Zahn Apartments, Joplin, Missouri
• The Ridgway Apartments, Joplin, Missouri
• Holy Rosary Historic District, Kansas City, Missouri
• William G. Hesse and Son Carriage Company Building, Kansas City, Mo
• The Mainstreet Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri
• Western Newspaper Union building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Globe Storage and Transfer Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Vitagraph Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• St. Luke's Plaza Apartments, St. Louis, Missouri
• Ely & Walker Shirt Factory No. 5, Kennett, Missouri
• The Interstate Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Valentine Broadway Apartment Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri
• Washington Grade School, Pittsburg, Kansas
• Armour Theatre, North Kansas City, Missouri
• Traveler's Hotel, Kirksville, Missouri
• O. H. Dean Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Switzer/West High complex, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Rotary Jail Multiple Property Submission for the National Park Service
• Frankel, Frank & Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• 3420 Locust, Kansas City, Missouri

National Historic Landmark Nomination

• The Liberty Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri.

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)/Historic American Engineering Record (HAER); Section 106

• United Aircraft Corporation, Kansas City, MO. Albert Kahn design. In association with Burns and McDonnell, Kansas City, MO. January 2010-ongoing.
• USCENTCOM, Department of the Air Force, 6th Air Mobility Wing (AMC), MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Phase III HABS documentation, Building 540. July 2008-April 2010.
• Troost Avenue Bridge, Kansas City, Missouri. In association with HNTB Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri. September 2001-2009. (Section 106 and HABS)
• Surrey Lumber Company Complex, Dendron, Virginia, in association with Burns & McDonnell, Kansas City. April-September 2008
• 410 S. Byers Street, Joplin, Missouri. June 2006, in association with HUD.
• Federal Bureau of Prisons, Springfield, Missouri, in association with George Butler and Associates, Kansas City, Missouri, August-September 2005, (Section 106).
• Federal Bureau of Prisons, Waseca, Minnesota, in association with George Butler and Associates, Kansas City, Missouri, July-September 2005, (Section 106).
• Wabash Station and the Orr Milling Company Building, Columbia, Missouri, in association with 360 Architects, Kansas City, Missouri, June-September 2005 (HABS)
• 83rd Street/KC Southern Bridge, in association with Transystems Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri, January-March 2005 (Section 106).
• Longview Road Improvements, in association with HNTB Corporation, Overland Park, Kansas, January-March 2005 (HAER).
• Thomas Street Bridge, Weston, Missouri, in association with Transystems, Kansas Ctiy, Missouri. January 2005 (Section 106).
• Federal Bureau of Prisons, Rochester, Minnesota, in association with George Butler and Associates, Lenexa, Kansas. November-December 2004 (Section 106).
• National Guard Bureau, Armory Nationwide Programmatic Agreement. Through Burns and McDonnell, Kansas City, Missouri, and the Army National Guard, Washington, D.C., January 2004-August 2005 (PA, Section 106).
• American Butter Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri. January 2004 (Section 106; HABS)
• United States Disciplinary Barracks, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, Building 475, Alternative HABS/HAER Documentation of USDB Castle. October 2003-January 2004.
• Blue Parkway Bridge and Viaduct, Kansas City, Missouri. In association with HNTB Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri, November 2003 (Section 106).
• Bruce Forrester Bridge, Kansas City, Missouri. In association with Bucher, Willis and Ratliff Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri. July 2002 (Section 106)
• 31st Street over Wyandotte Street Bridge, Kansas City, Missouri. September 2001-January 2004. (HAER)
• Troost Avenue Bridge, Kansas City, Missouri. In association with HNTB Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri. Starting September 2001-September 2003 (Section 106)
• Scrugg's Road Bridge, Lee's Summit, Missouri. In association with George Butler Associates, Lenexa, Kansas. March-August 2001. (HAER)
• LS Power Plant Development Project, San Souci, Mississippi County, Arkansas. In association with Burns and McDonnell, Kansas City, Missouri. June-July 2001. (Section 106)
• Bridge over Red Bridge Road, Kansas City, Missouri. In association with HDR, Kansas City, Missouri. March 2001-September 2002. (Section 106 and HAER)
• Todd Creek and Wild Cat Bridges, NW Interurban Road, Kansas City, Missouri. In association with Harding ESE, Inc., Kansas City, and Environmental Science,and Engineering, Independence, Missouri. April-July 2001. (Section 106)
• Beardsley Road Bridge. In association with Harrington and Cortelyou, Kansas City, Missouri, for the Department of Public Works. February-September 2001. (Section 106)
• The Twelfth Street Trafficway Viaduct. In association with Transystems, Kansas City, Missouri, for the Department of Public Works. January-June 2001. (Section 106, HAER)
• The Fourth Street Viaduct, Kansas City, Missouri. Heritage Trail Segments 2, 4A and BNSF Crossing; Port Authority of Kansas City, Missouri. In association with Taliaferro and Browne, April-July 2001. (Section 106)
• Rulo Bridge Location Study and EIS, Rulo, Nebraska. In association with HNTB, Kansas City, Missouri. February 2001-ongoing. (Section 106, 4 (f))
• Fort Leonard Wood West Gate Access Road Project. In association with Parsons Harland Bartholomew & Associates, Inc., Chesterfield, Missouri. September 2000 through February 2001. (Section 106)
• The Fairfax Water Tower, Fairfax, Missouri. January 2001. (Section 106)
• The New England Bank Building. In association with Tetra Tech, Seattle, Washington. January 2001. (Section 106)
• Lake Ft. Smith Water Supply Project. Mountainburg, Arkansas. In association with Burns and McDonnell, Kansas City, Missouri. May through November 2000. (Section 106)
• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Bridge over the Canadian River, Purcell, Oklahoma. In association with HNTB, Kansas City, Missouri. February 2000. (Section 106)
• The Rock Springs Tavern and the Lowe House, Rock Springs, Maryland. In assocation with Burns and McDonnell, Kansas City, Missouri. January 2000. (Section 106)
• The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Bridge over the Des Moines River, Ottumwa, Iowa. In association with Hanson Engineers, Springfield, Illinois. January 2000. (Section 106)
• U.S. 61 Ft. Madison Bypass, Ft. Madison, Iowa. In association with Burns and McDonnell, Kansas City, Missouri. (Section 106, 1999-2000)
• Liberty Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri (HABS, 1999-2000)
• Wichita Central Corridor Railroad Grade Separation Project, in association with HNTB, Kansas City, Missouri. (Section 106, 1999-2000)
• The Mapes Elevated Water Tank, 319 E. 10th Avenue, North Kansas City, Missouri. (Section 106, 1999)
• The United States Post Office, Main Branch, Kansas City, Missouri, in assoication with the Weston Group, Houston, Texas. February-March 1999. (Section 106)
• The Dakota, Eastern and Minnesota Railroad Powder River Basin Project. 600 miles rebuildthrough South Dakota and Minnesota. In association with Burns and McDonnell, Kansas City, Missouri. January 1999 through January 2000. (Section 106)
• Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad Historic Bridges, Evansville to Indianapolis, Indiana. In association with TranSystems Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri, January-February 1999. (Section 106)
• Kenneth Road Bridge, Kansas City, Missouri. In association with VanDoren, Hazard Stallings, Kansas City, Missouri, November-December 1998. (Section 106)
• Nickle Plate High Speed Rail Line, Erie Pennsylvania. Plate Girder Bridges and Guard Houses. In collaboration with Burns and McDonnell, Kansas City, Missouri. July-August 1998. (HABS)
• NASCAR: Kansas International Speedway Phase I, Kansas City, Kansas. In collaboration with HNTB, Kansas City, Missouri, May 1998. (Section 106)
• Environmental Impact Study, Kansas City ATA Light Rail Master Plan.In collaboration with HNTB/Parsons Brinckerhoff, March 1997 through April 1998. (Section 106)
• Bucyrus Passenger Depot and Freight House, Bucyrus, Ohio, 1997-1998. (Section 106 and HABS)
• Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri, 1997-1998 (HABS photography)
• 23rd Street Bridge over the Big Blue River, Kansas City, Missouri, 1997. (HAER)
• 27th and Vine Street Bridge, Kansas City, Missouri, 1997. (HAER).
• William Volker Building, 200-220 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri,1997 (Section 106)
• St. Joseph Railway, Light, Heat and Power Co. Building, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1997 (HABS)
• Ferguson Train Depot, Ferguson, Missouri, 1997 (Section 106)
• 43rd Street Viaduct, Kansas City, Missouri, 1996 (Section 106)
• St. Louis Avenue Viaduct, Kansas City, Missouri, 1996 (HAER)
• Sears, Roebuck and Company Mail Order Plant, 3625 Truman Road, Kansas City, Missouri, 1995. (Section 106 and HABS)
• St. Philomena's Technical School, 5300 Cabanne, St. Louis, Missouri, 1995. (Section 106)
• 3259-3267 Warwick Boulevard and 210 E. 33rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri, 1993. (Section 106)
• The Grindstone Bridge, DeKalb County, Missouri, 1993. (HAER)
• Gladstone Boulevard over Anderson Avenue Bridge, 1992. (Section 106)
• 4533-39 Roanoke, Kansas City, Missouri, 1991. (HABS)
• Chouteau Bridge Study, Kansas City, Missouri, 1990-1991. (HAER)

Cultural Resources Inventories/Environmental Assessments

• The United States Post Office, Main Branch, Kansas City, Missouri. Internal Revenue Service, Government Services Administration. March-May 2004.
• Riverfront Heritage Trail Park Phase I Design, Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas. In association with Gould Evans Goodman Associates, LC, Kansas City, Missouri. June 2001-June 2003.
• The Veterans Association Hospital, Leavenworth, Kansas. In association with George Butler Associates, Lenexa, Kansas. April 2002. (EA)
• The United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In association with Burns and McDonnell, Kansas City, Missouri. November 2000-June 2002.
• Holmes Road Improvement Study. In association with HNTB, Kansas City, Missouri. March 1998-July 1998. (EA)
• Missouri Route 36, Livingston and Caldwell Counties, Missouri. In association with Burns and McDonnell, Kansas City, Missouri, 1996. (Section 106).
• North Kansas City Architectural/Historic Survey, North Kansas City, Missouri.1995-1996.
• Westside Architectural/Historic Survey, Kansas City, Missouri, 1995.
• Harrisonville, Missouri Architectural/Historic Survey, Harrisonville, Missouri, 1994-1995.
• Save Outdoor Sculpture-SOS!Project Director for a comprehensive survey of outdoor sculpture in Jackson, Cass, Clay, Lafayette, Platte and Ray Counties, Missouri.SOS! is a joint project of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, and the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property.1993-1995.
• Parkville, Missouri Historic Survey, Parkville, Missouri, 1993-1994.
• Downtown District Architectural/Historic Survey, Kansas City, Kansas, 1993.
• Architectural/Historic Survey of Religious Properties in Kansas City, Missouri, 1993-1994.
• The Electric Traction Systems in Northwest Missouri, 1993.
• Architectural/Historic Survey, North St. Joseph, Missouri, 1992-1993
• Architectural/Historic Survey, Nevada, Missouri, 1991-1992.
• Ozark Masonry Structures Survey, South Central Ozark Council of Governments, 1991-1992.
• Survey of Rose and Peterson Designed Structures, Kansas City, Kansas, 1991.
• Landscape Architectural/Historic Survey of Parks and Boulevards, Kansas City Missouri (Phase II).Survey with Walmsley & Company, New York, and Theis Sickbert Associates, 1990-1991.
• Kansas City Apartment Building Survey, Kansas City, Missouri, 1989-1990.
• Kansas City, Missouri Public Schools Survey, Final Report, October 31, 1989.
• The Garfield Neighborhood Survey, Kansas City, Missouri, 1989.
• Kansas City, Kansas Historic Survey Project, Phase III, 1988-1989.
• Kansas City, Kansas Historic Survey Project, Phase II, 1987-1988.
• Volker Neighborhood Survey, Kansas City, Missouri, 1987.
• Kansas City, Kansas Historic Survey Project, Phase I, 1986-1987.
• Ward Parkway Historic Survey Project, Kansas City, Missouri, 1986.
• Liberty, Missouri Historic Survey Project, 1985-1986.

Historic Structures Reports

• Mutual Musicians Union Building, Kansas City, Missouri. In association with the AIA and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. 2005-2006.
• Liberty Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri. In association with John G. Waite Associates, Albany, New York. August 2001-2004.
• Harry S Truman National Historic Site, United States Department of Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Region. Contracted through Solomon Claybaugh Young Architects Inc, Kansas City, Missouri. March 1986-March 1987.

Rehabilitation/Restoration Studies and Tax Incentives

Historic Preservation Certification Applications (ITC)

• O.C. Evans Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Barclay Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Zahn Apartments, Joplin, Missouri
• Ridgway Apartments, Joplin, Missouri
• J. I Case Threshing Machine Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Union Station Power House, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Mainstreet Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Midland Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri
• The J. P. Campbell Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Harrow Taylor Butter Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• W. B. Young Supply Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Manor Bakery Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Ebenezer Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Board of Trade Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Gillis Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• City Market Complex, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Potter-Herrick Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Tootle Hanna and Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Tootle, Hanna and Leach Dry Goods Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• McCord and Nave Grocery Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Morgan Drug Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The J. M. Shelley and Company Dry Goods Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Threlkeld and Company Grocery Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Morgan Pardee and Company Drugs Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Merchants Bank Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Oldham Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri
• Wheeling Corrugating Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The New York Life Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Harvey-Dutton Dry Goods Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Loretto Academy, Kansas City, Missouri
• William Volker Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Sears, Roebuck and Company Warehouse Building, North Kansas City, Missouri
• Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri
• Burd and Fletcher Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Kansas City Paper House, Kansas City, Missouri
• Osceola Public School, Osceola, Missouri
• The Plaza Hotel, Trenton, Missouri
• The George Nettleton Home, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Professional Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The National Garage, Kansas City, Missouri
• Townley Metal and Hardware Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Baker-Vawter Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Kansas City Water Department Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Forest Park Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri
• International Shoe Company, St. Louis, Missouri
• First National Bank Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Building, Joplin, Missouri
• Neosho Public School, Neosho, Missouri
• Faultless Starch Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Sewell Paint and Varnish Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• D.A Holmes School, Kansas City, Missouri
• St. John's Hospital Building, Springfield, Missouri
• Mitchell Motor Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The New England Bank Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Exchange Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• H.D. Lee Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• St. John's Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Missouri
• Buick Motor Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Katz Residence, Kansas City, Missouri
• Allan and Carol Hallquist Residence, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Strand Hotel, Garage and Coffee Shop, Chillicothe, Missouri
• Englehart and Winning Building, St. Joseph, Missouri
• Kansas City Title Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• 1510 Walnut Street, Kansas City , Missouri
• The National Commercial Bank of Liberty, Liberty, Missouri
• The New England Bank Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Hotel Frederick, Booneville, Missouri
• Alexandria Apartments, Kansas City, Missouri
• 2120 Wyandotte, Kansas City, Missouri
• Monroe Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Windsor Apartments, Springfield, Missouri
• The Pearl Apartments, Springfield, Missouri
• Camp Manor Apartments, Springfield, Missouri
• Fore Shoe Company, Springfield, Missouri
• O.C. Evans Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Barclay Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Zahn Apartments, Joplin, Missouri
• Ridgway Apartments, Joplin, Missouri
• Union Station Power House, Kansas City, Missouri
• The United States Post Office, Main Branch, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Mainstreet Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Midland Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri
• Adams Express Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• Ely & Walker Shirt Factory No. 5, Kennett, Missouri
• St. Luke's Plaza Apartments, St. Louis, Missouri
• The Kirkwood Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Boley Building, Kansas City, Missouri
• The Savoy Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri
• Lucas Place, Kansas City, MO
• The Armour Theatre and Office Building, North Kansas City, MO
• The O. H. Dean Building, Kansas City, MO
• Frankel, Frank & Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri

Restoration/Master Plan Studies

• Downtown Area Master Plan, Kansas City, Missouri. In association with BNIM, and the City of Kansas City, Missouri. April 2008-November 2009.
• Performing Arts Center, Kansas City, Missouri, in association with Moshe Safdie and Associates, Somerville, Massachusetts. June-September 2005
• Schematic Design, 12th Street (Locust to Wyandotte Streets), Kansas City, Missouri. In association with Skidmore Ownings and Merrill, LLP, Chicago Design Studio. January 2005.
• Downtown Streetscape Plan, Kansas City, Missouri. In association with Skidmore Ownings and Merrill, LLP, Chicago Design Studio. Beginning February 2004.
• Second Street Corridor Infrastructure and Development Plan, City of Kansas City, Missouri. In association with el dorado architects, Kansas City, Missouri. Beginning February 2004.
• Missouri River Overlook and Riverfront West Visitors Center/Wetlands Interpretive Center, Part Authority, Kansas City, Missouri. In association with el dorado architects, Kansas City, Missouri. October 2003-December 2003.
• The Liberty Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri. Prepared for the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners in association with Abend Singleton Associates, Inc., 1996; 1999-2000.
• The Governor's Mansion Garden and Grounds, Jefferson City, Missouri.Preliminary study prepared in association with Austin & Associates, Landscape Architects, 1996.
• Missouri State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, Missouri.Statewide Charette. Team awarded First Place in competition. August 11-13, 1995.
• Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Historic documentation and deed-of-trust search for the proposed Sculpture Corridor. January-March, 1993.
• Broadway Boulevard Improvements, 37th through 39th Streets, Kansas City, Missouri. Prepared historic inventory overview and assessment. In collaboration with Theis Doolittle Associates, Kansas City, Missouri. November 1991.
• Historic Watts Mill Restoration Master Plan. Prepared for Parks, Recreation and Boulevards, Kansas City, Missouri, in collaboration with Theis Sickbert Assoc., Inc. January, 1990.

Films/Video

• The Second Life of 20 W. Ninth Street (The New York Life Building), UtiliCorp United Inc., for KCPT Public Television.
• ABC News Closeup with Peter Jennings. Save Our Children. September 4, 1984. Historical graphics consultant and researcher for a nationally broadcast program on Brown v. Brown.
• The Kansas City Story. Larry Nicholson Productions, Kansas City, Missouri, in conjunction with Hallmark, Kansas City, Missouri. Compiled over 1200 graphic images included in a series of ten films on the history of Kansas City from 1804 to 1984.

Public Lectures and Interviews

• "Traces of a Lost Landscape-The Industrial Southwest." Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. May 24th-June 6th, 2010. Kansas City portion May 28th, 2010.
• "2009 Missouri Preservation Day." Lexington, Missouri. November 14, 2009.
• "Houses of Missouri-1870-1940," with co-author Dr. Carol Grove. Carolyn Benton Cockefair Lecture Series, University of Missouri-Kansas City, August 5, 2009.
• "Houses of Missouri-1870-1940." with co-author Dr. Carol Grove. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, June 23, 2009.
• "Houses of Missouri-1870-1940," Kansas City Chapter Construction Specifications Institute 2009 Awards. May 15, 2009.
• "Houses of Missouri-1870-1940," with co-author Dr. Carol Grove. Landmarks, Inc., St. Louis. May 11, 2009.
• "Houses of Missouri-1870-1940," with co-author Dr. Carol Grove. Rockcliffe Manor, Hannibal, Missouri, November 16, 2008.
• "Houses of Missouri-1870-1940," with co-author Dr. Carol Grove. St. Charles Public Library, St. Charles, Missouri. November 15, 2008.
• "Houses of Missouri-1870-1940," with co-author Dr. Carol Grove. Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Kansas City, Missouri, October 26, 2008.
• "Houses of Missouri-1870-1940," with co-author Dr. Carol Grove. Museum of Art and Archeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, October 13, 2008.
• AIA 150: American Institute of Architects, Kansas City Chapter. Panel participant. June, July, September and October 2007.
• "Mega Movers - Massive Bridges" History Channel, June 27, 2006.
• "Liberty Memorial, 1919-2002: An Architectural Perspective," Liberty For All Lecture Series at the Liberty Memorial Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, November 19, 2005.
• "From New England to the Bering Strait: The Planning and Creation of a Nationwide Programmatic Agreement and Historic Context for the Army National Guard." Department of Defense, Cultural Resources Session, Conservation Workshop, Park City, Utah, April 12, 2005.
• "The Chouteau Bridge, Kansas City, Missouri," ASCE, Kansas City Section, January 8, 2002.
• Chouteau Bridge and Roadway Opening, December 17, 2001.
• Connecting Kansas City: A Linda Young "150" Lecture. "Kansas City's 12th Street Viaduct." American Institute of Architects, Kansas City Chapter. January 16, 2001.
• "Uniquely Kansas City: A History Of the Arts." A film produced and directed by Kansas City Public Television (KCTV 19) in High-Definition. Interview participant. May 2000. Volumes I and V.
• "Ubiquitous, Ultiliarian, and Under Appreciated: The Wooden Trestle Spans of the Chicago and North Western Railroad." 17th Annual Historic Bridge Symposium, Society of Industrial Archeology Annual Conference, Duluth, Minnesota. June 3, 2000. Co-presented with Charlene Roise, Hess Roise and Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• "Creating & Saving Affordable Housing through Historic Preservation," Panel Participant. 2000 Governor's Conference on Housing, Columbia, Missouri. March 29, 2000.
• "Kansas City's Union Station." Crossroads, Channel 41. November 1999.
• "The Building of a Municipal Dream: An Historical Perspective of Kansas City's Twelfth Street Trafficway Viaduct, 1887-1915." Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Brownfields All Pilots Forum, Kansas City, Kansas. November 4, 1999.
• "Water and Stone, A Noguchi Fountain Joins a Kansas City Tradition." Nelson Atkins Museum of Art Trolley Tour, June 5, 1999.
• "The History of Transportation Systems in the West Bottoms, Kansas City, Missouri." Engineers Club of Kansas City, Missouri. May 3, 1999.
• "An Illustrated History of Kansas City's 12th Street Viaduct." American Society of Civil Engineers Kansas City Chapter. September 9, 1997.
• "The Building of a Municipal Dream: An Historical Perspective of Kansas City's Twelfth Street Trafficway Viaduct, 1887-1915."Society for Industrial Archeology 26th Annual Conference, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, May 31, 1997.
• The Country Club Plaza, Sunset Hills and J. C. Nichols Developments. A guided tour for Graduate Architecture Students, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. October 5, 1996.
• Up To Date KCUR FM with Mary Jo Draper, October 3, 1996.
• Preservation of Outdoor Sculpture and Monuments. Save Outdoor Sculpture Workshop sponsored by the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property and the Smithsonian. May 18-20, 1995.
• Historic Religious Properties in Kansas City, Missouri. Slide Presentation. Cosponsored by Friends of Sacred Structures, Missouri Valley Chapter Society of Architectural Historians, and Historic Kansas City Foundation. Kansas City, Missouri, October 9, 1994.
• KCPT-TV19. Marque. 31 March 1994.
• George Kessler and the Development of the Kansas City Parks and Boulevards System, 1893-1915. Lecture, Society of Architectural Historians, Missouri River Valley Chapter. Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, Missouri, February 6, 1994.
• George Edward Kessler and the Development of Landscape Architecture in Missouri. Symposium held in conjunction with a traveling exhibition the work of George E. Kessler. Old Courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri. September 27, 1993.
• American Society of Landscape Architects, National Convention. Kansas City, Missouri. The Legacy of George Edward Kessler. Panel Participant. October, 20, 1991.
• University of Missouri-Kansas City / Kansas State University, Department of Architecture. Lecture on the Design of Kansas City's Parks and Boulevards. September 21, 1988.
• Financial District guided tour, Preservation Week. Downtown Kansas City Walking Tours. May 9, 1988.
• University of Arkansas, School of Architecture. Lecture on the history of the parks and boulevards of Kansas City, Missouri. November 6, 1987, City Hall, Kansas City, Missouri.
• American Institute of Architects, Kansas City Chapter. Historical orientation covering George Kessler's plan for Kansas City, Missouri (prior to tour). October 18, 1987.
• KCPT-TV19. Kansas City Illustrated, October 6, 1987.
• Conference of Missouri Architects.Design Missouri 1987 Conference of Missouri Architects. George Kessler and the Kessler Park Plan for Kansas City.August 29, 1987.
• National Public Radio, KCUR-FM.Local Considerations.October 6, 1987.
• Green Spaces/Urban Places, sponsored by Kansas State University/The University of Kansas Regents Center for Architectural Studies. Lecture: From Cowtown to Garden Metropolis, August 20, 1987.
• National Public Radio, KCUR-FM. Local Considerations. Frequent commentary on architectural issues. 1983-1985.
• American Institute of Architects, Kansas City Chapter.Professional Development Evening Seminar Series. Lecture: Happy 50th Birthday Municipal Auditorium, November 12, 1985.
• National Register of Historic Places Nominations Workshop, Jefferson City, Missouri. Guest Panelist, September 16, 1985.
• Missouri Council of Architects (Kansas City, Missouri and St. Louis Chapters).Graduate Seminar through Ottawa University, The University of Missouri-St. Louis, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Lecture, slide presentation and tour covering the parks and boulevards system of Kansas City, Missouri. June 20-21, 1985.
• Ottawa University, Design in Kansas City, Missouri. Panel participant, April 20, 1985.
• American Institute of Architects Central States Regional Conference. Kansas City Architecture Exchange. Tour, Kansas City's parks and boulevard system. October 20, 1984.
• American Institute of Architects, Kansas City Chapter. Professional Development Evening Seminar Series. Lecture: George Kessler and the Kansas City Parks and Boulevard Design, October 11, 1984.
• Collaboration of Women in Architecture, Kansas City, Missouri. Lecture: George Kessler and the Park Design for Kansas City, September 29, 1984.
• Channel 20 (cable), Community Forum. January, 1984.
• Channel 10A (cable), Speaking of Education. December, 1983.

Juries

• School of Architecture, University of Missouri-Kansas City. March 2006.
• Art in the Loop, Selection Panel, Kansas City, Missouri, 2005-ongoing.
• Kansas City 1% For Art; HazMat Facility Artist Selection Panel. April, 1993; January, 1994.
• Allied Arts and Craftsmanship Awards. Sponsored by the Kansas City Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. October 29, 1989.
• Kansas State University, Department of Landscape Architecture and Department of Architecture; AIA, Kansas City Chapter; City of Kansas City, Missouri.
• Design Weekend '86 / Kansas City. City Hall, Kansas City, Missouri. March 17, 1986.

Published Work (selected)

• Spans Through Time: Kansas City's Bridges, 1865-2005. In production.
• Houses of Missouri: 1870-1940. (New York: Acanthus Press, 2008). Co-author: Dr. Carol Grove, Columbia, Missouri. October 2008.
• The Sixth Surface: Steven Holl Lights the Nelson Atkins Museum. Contributing essayist. (Topo/graphis Press: Kansas City, 2007).
• "City's bridges provide a vital link to our heritage," The Kansas City Star, January 22, 2006, G8.
• "Critical Evaluations: Seven Projects, Seven Perspectives," Review Urban Planning and Architecture Annual 2005.
• A Guide to Villa Philbrook and Its Gardens (Tulsa: The Philbrook Museum of Art), 2005. Contributed chapter on the legacy of Hare and Hare, landscape designers of the estate.
• "Recognize historic significance," The Kansas City Star, November 20, 2004, B6.
• "Hare and Hare," Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas. Vol. 15 (Spring 2003).
• "Kansas City's Twelfth Street Trafficway Viaduct," Review Architecture 2003.
• Charles Birnbaum and Robin Karson, eds. Pioneers of American Landscape Design. New York: McGraw Hill, 2000. Contributed essays on: Sidney and Herbert Hare, and Henry Wright.
• Historic Home Guide, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In collaboration with Burns and McDonnell, and The Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri. Publication produced as a demonstration project for the Legacy Resource Management Program, Department of Defense. October 1994-July 1995; November 1996-April 1997.
• Contributing writer. Pioneer Landscape Architects in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography. Washington, D. C.: National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Vol 1., 1993; Vol. 2, 1995.
• Kansas City's Park and Open Space Legacy. Cultural Resources Management.Vol 16, No. 4. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service.April, 1993.
• Repaired lake is a blot on Loose Park. The Kansas City Star. September 27, 1992.
• Architecture columnist, Kansas City Live! Monthly column covering various topics. 1991-1992
• Landscape Preview: The ASLA in Kansas City. Landscape Architecture. October, 1991.
• Condiment maker has place in annals of education in county. The Kansas City Star, March 15, 1989.
• Commission delays demolitions on Quality Hill. The Kansas City View. November 1-14, 1988.
• Design Weekend '86 / Kansas City. Monograph. Spring, 1987.
• Business is Blooming. Corporate Report Kansas City.February, 1986.
• Kansas City Business Journal. Architecture critic, 1983-1985.
• Forum. Contributing critic/writer, 1983-1985.
• The Making of Municipal. Kansas City Star Magazine. October 10, 1982.
• John Gutowski. Contrast Magazine. May 1982.

Exhibitions

• "Reforming Space." Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri. With Susan White, artist, Kansas City. June 20-July 19, 2008.
• "Allan McCollum, The Topographical Model Project for Kansas and Missouri," Grand Arts, Kansas City, Missouri, June 2003-November 2003.
• "John Gutowski, Photographic Suites, 1979-2001," University of Missouri-Kansas City/Belger Center for the Cultural and Visual Arts. Kansas City, Missouri. June 14-September 14, 2002. Co-Curator.
• New York Life Building Exhibition; text and graphic images. UtiliCorp Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, 1996.
• From Dream To Reality: The Country Club Plaza, 1914-1936. An exhibit of vintage photographs documenting the Country Club Plaza in its early years. Jack Henry Clothing Company, Kansas City, Missouri.

Citations (selected)

• Cindy Hoedel,"Saving the Sixties: Modern buildings become eligible for historic designation."The Kansas City Star Magazine, May 14th, 2010.
• "Member News," Society for Industrial Archeology Newsletter. Spring 2009.
• "Member News," Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation. Spring 2009.
• Seasons Magazine, Spring 2009.
• "This grand old house," The Kansas City Star Magazine., February 1, 2009. Book excerpt.
• Tim Engle, "My Neighborhood," The Kansas City Star Magazine.. January 25, 2009.
• Harry Levins, "Regional History Books Roundup," Special to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 21, 2008.
• Kevin Collison, "TWA Building restoration honored," The Kansas City Star, October 30, 2008.
• Cindy Hoedel, "Tearing down existing homes to build new ones can sometimes revitalize an established neighborhood," The Kansas City Star, August 3, 2008.
• Nick Maleewski, Reforming Space at Paragraph bridges function and art, The Kansas City Star, July 9, 2008.
• Elisabeth Kirsch, Siah Armijani's simple forms convey complex ideas about ideals, The Kansas City Star, July 5, 2008.
• Matt Campbell, "Exhibit Brings 'Over There' Here," The Kansas City Star, November 26, 2006, A12.
• Alice Thorson, "The best of 2005 carve their own niches," The Kansas City Star, January 1, 2006, H1; 3
• Mary T. Cyr, "New KC neighborhood is decades old," The Kansas City Star, September 25, 2005, H10.
• Mike Hendricks, "Historic bridge? It's a stretch," The Kansas City Star, October 18, 2004, B-1.
• "KC Classic Homes," House and Home Section, The Kansas City Star, May-September 2004.
• E. Thomas McClanahan, "Design does Matter," The Kansas City Star, January 20, 2004.
• Matt Campbell, "The Future of the Past Shapes Up For Memorial," The Kansas City Star, July 11, 2003, A-1, A-4.
• "Chouteau Bridge is opened," The Kansas City Star, December 18, 2001, 1-2.
• Matt Campbell. "Some want to save Chouteau Bridge. The Kansas City Star, March 26, 2001, 1A, 6A.
• Jim Davis. "Rehab opens window to historic tax credits." The Business Journal, December 29-January 4, 2001, 1, 29.
• Jim Davis. "Developers see old building as hot new property." The Business Journal, October 27-November 2, 2000, 1, 58.
• Steve Penn. "Historic Ivanhoe temple to be razed." The Kansas City Star, October 12, 1999, B-4.
• Victoria Sizemore Long. "Findings provide learning experience." The Kansas City Star, August 18, 1998, D-1,7.
• Scott Cantrell. "New structure in Spain offers lessons for KC," The Kansas City Star, October 19, 1997, A-1, 29.
• Scott Cantrell. "The Hotel President: does it have a future?" The Kansas City Star. June 1, 1997, J-2.
• Alice Thorson, Sculptures' New Site 'Ridiculous,' Fan Says. The Kansas City Star, August 22, 1996, 1, 14.
• 108-Year-Old Bridge Called Last Of Its Kind. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 14, 1996.
• Brian Burnes, Battered relic has a shaky future. The Kansas City Star, July 9, 1996, A1, 8.
• David Goldstein, Will anyone pay to save old bridge? The Kansas City Star, May 6, 1996, A1, 11.
• Charles A. Birnbaum.Surveying the Field. Landscape Architecture. April, 1996, 43.
• Melanie Gray, Start Your Engine and Head out for a Sunday Drive. The Kansas City Star Magazine, October 22, 1995.
• Alice Thorson, Oh! These sculptures are so dirty. The Kansas City Star, January 12, 1995.
• David Goldstein, Snapshot. The Kansas City Star Magazine. December 11, 1994.
• Tim Engle, Art work often overlooked as residents go their way. Liberty Tribune, February 16, 1994, 1, 3.
• Joe Gose, Sculpture lovers receive a desperate SOS!. Kansas City Business Journal, February 11-17, 1994, 8.
• Rick Montgomery, Loose Park work faces criticism, doubt on funding. The Kansas City Star, February 3, 1994.
• Forrest Martin, SOS is logging area sculptures. The Examiner. December 3, 1993, 2A.
• John Martellaro, High-traffic area; Vintage photos show Plaza's roots in car culture. The Kansas City Star. October 14, 1993, F1-2.
• Alice Thorson, Outdoor artworks crumbling. The Kansas City Star, August 15, 1993, J 1,5.
• Rick Hellman. Project to document historic Kansas City houses of worship. The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle. July 9, 1993.
• David Goldstein. One man's junk is a city's history. The Kansas City Star. April 6, 1992.
• John Carras, Historical project focuses on famous KCK architects. The Kansas City Kansan, June 18, 1991.
• Amy Snider. Paseo: One man's art is another's yawn. The Kansas City Star. June 6, 1990.
• Shifra Stein. Boss Tom's Deco Empire. Historic Preservation. July/August, 1986.
• Mike Garbus. Liberty Strives to Keep the Past Perfect. Northland Kansas City Star. April 9, 1986.
• Kate Miller. Mansions for Sale. Jackson County Star Extra. March 12, 1986.
• Matt Campbell. National Register Lists Ship, Farm. The Kansas City Star. November 19, 1985.
• Mary Narovia. Kansas City and Others Reach for the Sky. The Kansas City Business Journal. September 3, 1984.
• Lisa Massoth. Grand Old Boulevard Is On The Road To A New Life. The Kansas City Star. January 24, 1984.
• Donald Hoffman. An Enduring Vision. The Kansas City Star. July 31, 1983.

Awards

• Dr. George Ehrlich Achievement in Preservation Award. Adams Express Building, May 2009.
• Dr. George Ehrlich Achievement in Preservation Award. Mainstreet Theatre, May 2009.
• Historic Kansas City Foundation 2009 Preservation Award. Houses of Missouri-1870-1940.
• The Osmond Overby Award, Missouri Allicance for Historic Preservation. March 5, 2009.
• National Preservation Honor Award, National Trust for Historic Preservation. October 2008.
• State Historical Society of Missouri Brownlee Fund, November 2007.
• U. S. General Services Administration/Public Buildings Service Design Award. 2006. Contribution to excellence in Federal design.
• Women's Council Graduate Assistant Fund, University of Missouri, Kansas City. April 1980.

Boards and Elections

• Board of Directors, Nominations Committee, Society for Industrial Archeology, 2005-2009.
• Board of Trustees, Liberty Memorial Association, lifetime.
• Board of Trustees, National Association for Olmsted Parks, 1997-2000.
• President, Missouri Valley Chapter Society of Architectural Historians, 1995-96.
• Vice President, Missouri Valley Chapter Society of Architectural Historians, 1994-1995.

Professional Activities/Memberships

• The Cultural Landscape Foundation
• Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Society for Industrial Archeology