10 min: Early education; Pratt Institute;Eero Saarinen - Architect in Michigan, 1959; Lincoln Center rep theater; Pontiac, MI; model theater - 5t x 5ft; Vivian Beaumont; Saarinen reunion 2004.
20 min: John Mesick; Ceasar Pelli; Kevin Roach; Library for Dublin University - 3rd prize, 1961; Ceasar Pelli in charge of Beaumont theater; Eero Saarinen death; move to CT; Architect Eliot Noyes ; Mobil Gas; Worlds Fair 1967; Building house on Lake Candlewood; assigned to building houses;
30 min: Building on Lake Waubeeka in Danbury; preferred municipal or corporate projects; Venture 8; Beginning to venture out on his own; bought piece of land for $4000; built house on cliff with office, 1967; Lived in for 10 years; New Canaan Historical Society tour of Noyes houses; László Moholy-Nagy, Gropius Moholy-Nagy; Bauhaus influence at Pratt
40 min: Building on spec; Wilbert Troutman (WCSU prof and builder); Murphy house; residential architecture; New Hope Baptist Church on Cherry Street; Marion Anderson's husband was designing it but had a stroke and hired Zurlo; King Fisher; Dr. Janick and Danbury Preservation Trust - 1978; preservation and restoration; Deveau Building; Music Guild; Joe DeSilva; Hull Building; redevelopment; Sweat shop; Challenges with restoration; financial limitations; 1986- 360 luxury condos on Sand Pitt Rd. - condo market dropped and project shelved.
50 min: Danbury Housing Authority; affordable condos; Hatters Yard; George Davon - downtown affordable condos; Moved church; Union Savings Bank Galleria; Ericson House; Where McDonalds is; Look Magazine 1963 had image of Ericson House; City agreed to give a piece of property; Davon agreed to rebuild house; Davon died; Ericson house burned and lost; END OF SIDE ONE
10 min: Grace Penny Ericson member of the DAR; 1984 competition to design 8 acres of the downtown area; Ceasar Nelli agreed to work on the project with Zurlo; Did all the work; John Ericetti against them; Ericetti got the project; made a video; very disappointed; suspected foul play; for 5 years the project dragged and died out despite Ericetti obtaining the project; City rationalized the decision based on the fact that Ericetti had done projects like it before; Mayor Dyer was brought to court; Ericetti admitted impropriety; IBM; 1990 IBM stopped their system of hiring smaller architects; Union Savings Bank Galleria
20 min: Union Savings Bank; Savings Bank of Danbury; Indianna limestone; Additions; History is today; Architcture died when the printing press was born; Cyril Pinney approved design; 1999, 150th anniversary of the Savings Bank of Danbury loan building with drive-up window; Warren Kafka
30 min: Warren Kafka went to work for IBM; Dan Kissler wanted a partner and partnered with Zurlo; 363 Main St. Office; Gene Eriquez recommended Zurlo for housing project in Bridgeport for Archdiocese; worked in Bethel; Mayor Boughton cancelled plans to build housing on the site of the Danbury Police Station; Palace View; Tony Rizzo; Senior Center and community health center
40 min: 1967 moved away from residential work; little demand for contemporary houses; Danbury Preservation Trust; Bill Devlin; Ouster of John Ericetti; Future of Downtown Danbury - hoping for night life in Danbury; immigrants are bringing new opportunity; maybe not inviting to non-immigrants
50 min: Danbury is not all hung up on remaining the way they are; Danbury open to new designs; what to do with his collection; life takes you where it wants to go.