BIOGRAPHY
Born:
New Orleans, Louisiana
Education:
Metairie Park Country Day School, Phillips Exeter Academy, Yale University (BA), Tulane University (MA), New York University (Ph.D)
Military:
Air National Guard
Roots:
Father's family (Godchaux, Weis, Wolf): first descendents came to New Orleans from Alsace in 1830s.
Mother's family (Einstein, Friedenberg, New): first descendents came to Savannah from Bavaria arriving 1840s.
Family:
Married: Alessandra Cantey, writer, garden designer, educator (divorced).
Children: Phelan Godchaux Wolf, lawyer and real estate broker; Alexis Ambler Wolf medical policy specialist, yoga studio owner.
Grandchildren: Austin and India Nykamp; Emory and
Elias Wolf.
PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS
My New Orleans, Gone Away: A Memoir of Loss and Renewal.
Published by Delphinium Books, 2013.
Land Use and Abuse in America: A Call to Action, 2010.
A book published by Xlibris Corporation.
Hot Towns: The Future of the Fastest Growing Communities in America, 1999.
A book published by Rutgers University Press.
Land In America: Its Value, Use and Control, 1981
A book published by Pantheon Books, a division of Random
House, Inc., and sponsored by the National Endowment
for the Arts and the Graham Foundation.
On Streets, 1979
A book of essays published by the MIT Press for the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies. Essays contributed:"Rethinking the Urban Street: Its Economic Context;" and, "Toward an Evaluation of Transportation Potential for the Urban Street."
The Future of the City: New Directions in Urban Planning, 1974.
A book published by the Whitney Library of Design, an imprint of Watson Guptill Publications, for the American Federation of Arts, made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation.
The Evolving City: Urban Design Proposals by Ulrich Franzen and Paul Rudolph, 1974.
A book published by the American Federation of Arts, made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation.
Another Chance for Cities, 1970
A companion volume to an exhibition produced by Robert A.M. Stern and John S. Hagmann at the Whitney Museum of American Art focused on some approaches to architecture, technology, and town planning: the current program of the New York State Urban Development Corporation.
Eugène Hénard and the Beginning of Urbanism in France 1900-1914, 1969
A book published by the International Federation of Housing and Planning and Centre de Recherche de Urbanisme.
HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
American Academy in Rome, Visiting Scholar/Artist;
Fulbright Fellow, Paris, France;
National Endowment for the Arts, Accomplished
Professional Fellowship in Design;
Ford Foundation, Grantee;
American Federation of Arts, Grantee;
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts,
Fellowship;
Institute for International Research, Conference Moderator
and Speaker;
National Research and Education Trust Fund, Charles B.
Shattuck Award;
New York State Council on the Arts, Architecture and
Environmental Arts Panel;
Architectural League of New York,
Executive Committee;
New York Cultural Council, Member Visual
Arts Committee;
Institute of Fine Arts (NYU), Selected Presenter, Frick
Museum Symposium.
TEACHING
Cooper Union (Adjunct Professor), School of Architecture
Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies
Pratt Institute, School of Architecture
New York University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Owner, Peter Wolf Associates, Inc., (Investment Management - New York)
Chairman, Board of Fellows, Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, (New York)
Wilbur Smith & Associates, (Planning and Transportation Consultants - New York)
Wolf & Co., (Cotton Brokers - New Orleans)
EXHIBITIONS
Museum of Modern Art, New York,
"Eugène Hénard and Urban Anticipations."
(produced, provided and wrote original material for a solo exhibit of work focused on the avant guard ideas and plans of Eugène Hénard, architect of the city of Paris 1900-1914).
Museum of Modern Art, New York,
"Another Chance for Housing, Low Rise Alternatives."
(participant protype design development for low rise housing alternatives, Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York. A project of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies on behalf of the New York State Urban Development Corporation).
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
"Another Chance for Cities."
(text of the companion volume to an exhibition of the same name focused on the program of the New York State Urban Development Corporation, produced in conjunction with Robert A.M. Stern and John S. Hagmann).
Albany Institute of Art, Albany, New York,
"Recapturing Wisdom's Valley"
(produced original material and wrote catalogue to preserve the first Shaker Settlement in America).
CURRENT AND RECENT MEMBERSHIPS, BOARDS AND AFFILIATIONS
Tulane University School of Architecture, Board of Advisors
Trust For Public Land, New York State Board, Trustee (New York)
One To World, Trustee (New York)
Thomas Moran Trust, Inc., Founder and Chairman
Van Alen Institute, Chairman, Trustee (New York)
National Academy of Design, Advisory Board (New York)
Guild Hall, Trustee (East Hampton)
The Village Preservation Society, Trustee (East Hampton)
Godchaux-Reserve Plantation Fund, Founder and President (New Orleans)
Franklin Realty Company, Director (New Orleans)
Institute for Private Investors, Member (New York)
Museum of Modern Art, Member Contemporary Arts Council (New York)
Whitney Museum of American Art, Library Fellow (New York)
PROFESSIONAL STUDIES, PUBLISHED REPORTS AND ARTICLES
· "Coup de Foudre: Why I'm Restoring an Ancestor's Louisiana Home" Antiques Magazine, January/February 2018
· "Town of East Hampton: Comprehensive Plan," one of three
Chief Planning Advisors, for the East Hampton Town
Board, East Hampton, New York, 2002.
· "East Hampton Village Center: Options and Opportunities,"
for the Trustees of East Hampton Village,
East Hampton, New York, 1991;
· "East Hampton Village Zoning Study," for the Trustees of East
Hampton Village, East Hampton, New York, 1987;
· "Probing Mysteries of Rural Land," review of The Market for
Rural Land, APA Planning Journal, 1982;
· "Forever Farmland: A Proposal for Preserving the Nation's
Most Productive Soils," The Amicus Journal, 1982;
· "Historic, Cultural and Recreation Resources: Planning
and Implementation Program, Springs, East Hampton,
New York," for Town of East Hampton Planning
Board, 1977;
· "Shaker Heritage Historic District: South Family Property
Design and Implementation Program," for National
Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on
the Arts, Shaker Central Trust Fund, Historical
Society of the Town of Colonie, New York, 1977;
· "Preservation, Country-Style: Land Management Comes First,"
for New York State Council on Architecture, 1974;
· "Land Management Study Watervliet-Shaker Historic and
Recreation District," for the Town of Colonie,
New York, 1973;
· "City Structuring and Social Sense in 19th. and 20th. Century
Urbanism, Perspecta 13/14, The Yale
Architectural Journal, 1972;
· "The Impact of Metroflight on Urban Centers and Regional
Development in the Northeast Corridor, for
Pan American World Airways, Inc.1971;
· "Land Investment Management Study," for Sugarland
Industries, Inc., 1970;
· "Urban Redevelopment 19th Century Style: Older, Bolder
Ideas for Today," Design Quarterly 85, Walker Art Center, 1970;
· "The Urban Street," Art in America, 1970;
· "Blue Hill: A New Concept in Office Park Development,
Traffic Engineering, 1969 (with Edward M. Whitlock);
· "The Structure of Motion in the City," Art in America, 1969;
· "The Urbanization of the Skyscraper," Art in America, 1967;
· "The First Modern Urbanist," The Architectural Forum, 1967;
· "Space, Time and Urbanism," Art in America, 1966;
· "Michelangelo's Laurenziana and Inconspicuous Traditions,
Marsyas, Studies of the History of Art, 1964-1965;
Wilbur Smith and Associates, New York 1968-1970
Tarrytown, New York," for the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority;
· Land Planning for the Interstate 84 Corridor,
Hartford, Connecticut, for the Baltimore Urban
Design Team, Baltimore;
· Transportation and Pedestrian Planning for:
Niagara Falls Central Business District;
Roosevelt Raceway, New York; Morningside
Heights, Manhattan; Douglas Circle, Manhattan;
University of Pittsburg; United Nations
Development Corporation.
Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies 1970-1980
Manhattan Community Board 5;
· "Union Square Park Redevelopment Project" for
Manhattan Borough President;
· "Union Square Park Redevelopment Project, Project
Development, Phase 3" for Manhattan Community
Board 5;
· "Historic and Commercial Land Management Report,
Springs, East Hampton New York," for the
East Hampton Town Planning Board;
· "The Street as a Component of the Urban Environment;"
· "The Design of Alternative Low-Rise High-Density
Housing;"
· "Economic Analysis and Transportation Research to
Determine New Forms of the Urban Street," for
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;
· "Street Redevelopment Study, Binghamton, New York"
for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Land Investment Management Studies for Private Clients 1970-1980
7,300 acres development strategy plan;
· Houston, Texas, new community in conjunction with
Investment Research Corporation, Dallas, Texas;
· Bucks County, Pennsylvania, golf centered
1,200 acre community;
· Aspen, Colorado, 1,500 acre management and
feasibility study.
HOBBIES, AVOCATIONS, DIGRESSIONS
Playing tennis
Making watercolors
Traveling to remote places
Biking, canoeing, kayaking
Trustee non-profit arts and preservation organizations
The Digressionists Medal for Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, winner 2006, 2010, 2015