Ralph Walker was a young architect that happened to be at the right firm at the right time. His firm McKenzie, Voorhees, & Gmelin had a reputation of working with phone companies and designing the buildings for these types of companies. Obviously, they felt that because of our past work they could entrust a young architect to handle the usual work. But Mr. Walker seized an opportunity and now we have the Barclay-Vesey Building. This building despite its extravagant ornamentation it indeed was built to withstand the test of times.
On Sept 11, 2007 after the tradegic attacks on the world trade center the Barclay-Vesey Building suffered significant damage to the facade which consisted of Limestone. As we watched the many crews clean the damage the Barclay-Vesey was standing strong. Not only at the time did Mr. Walker create an award winning design but he also created a structure that will be with us for a long period of time.
I wonder if I will be the young architect at a firm at the right now!
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