Farewell Mills Gatsch Architects, LLC is proud to celebrate 35 years of award-winning architecture and begin its 36th year of practice. Since the firm’s founding in 1974, FMG has been widely recognized for the design of new buildings and the stewardship of historic structures. Today, that tradition continues with an addition to the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Colorado, and renovation at the Statue of Liberty National Monument, which enabled the National Park Service to reopen the crown of the Statue to visitors in the summer of 2009; it had been closed since September 11, 2001. A formal celebration of FMG’s 35th anniversary will take place early this year.
Partner Michael Farewell said, “This is a wonderful milestone for the firm, and we look forward to continuing our tradition of innovative design and preservation projects in the future, both locally and nationally.” Partner Michael Mills added that, “the combination of our talents has always been the core of our practice, and it also enriches our work as architects.”
Under the firm’s leadership, FMG has built a strong culture that is grounded in the social use of space, architectural history, and sustainable principles. It uses these tools to create contemporary civic spaces that engage the natural environment. Its portfolio also includes diverse projects for cultural, educational, and institutional projects throughout the country.
Firm history
Farewell Mills Gatsch Architects, LLC, founded in 1974, first came to prominence with the restoration and expansion of the New Jersey State House in the 1980s. The firm’s work at the State House initiated a focus on cultural and institutional projects that continues today.
Expert leadership
The firm’s four partners represent the diversity of its practice. Michael Farewell, FAIA, LEED AP is partner in charge of design and oversees a variety of new projects, from large institutional structures to private residences. Michael J. Mills, FAIA is partner in charge of preservation and has restored properties owned by the National Park Service, the National Trust, and many other public entities. Michael Schnoering, AIA, manages staffing and serves as project manager for many of the firm's theater, educational, and special needs projects. Lorine Murray-Mechini, AIA, LEED AP has expanded the firm's portfolio of educational and cultural projects.
Recent projects – Design
In addition to expanding the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut and the 19th-century Wheeler Opera House, Farewell Mills Gatsch is currently designing a performing arts center in Rahway and a new library for Fairleigh Dickinson University’s College at Florham in Madison, both in New Jersey. FMG is also completing construction of the Princeton Charter School.
Recent projects – Preservation
Farewell Mills Gatsch’s recent preservation projects include the restoration of Cass Gilbert’s 1905 Essex County Courthouse in Newark, New Jersey; renovation of Princeton University’s Whig Hall, which was reconstructed after a fire in the early 1970s by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates; improvements to the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton, NJ, originally designed by the Grad Partnership; and the exterior restoration of the century-old Newark City Hall.
The firm has a particular specialty in the preservation and restoration of mid-20th century structures. Projects completed by the firm or in the process of being completed are: Minoru Yamasaki’s Robertson Hall for the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, Louis Kahn’s Trenton Bath House of 1955, and The Aspen Institute’s Herbert Bayer-designed Paepcke Memorial Auditorium of 1961.
About Farewell Mills Gatsch
Farewell Mills Gatsch is an award-winning architecture firm that specializes in both new design and historic preservation. The two disciplines reinforce each other in the firm’s practice. FMG designs thoughtfully-crafted new buildings based in an understanding of social use and physical context and preserves buildings by drawing on deliberate, studied solutions to accommodate contemporary use. The firm numbers 25 practitioners from a broad range of backgrounds and interests. Areas of concentration include academic institutions, judicial and civic facilities, and theaters and performing arts centers. A monograph, Stagings, was published by l’Arca Edizioni in 2001. Additional information on the firm’s work is available at www.fmg-arch.com.
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New Economic Study Reveals $6.3 Billion Contribution to New York/New Jersey Region by Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today released an economic impact study by NERA Economic Consulting (NERA) describing the airline’s impact on the New York/New Jersey region coinciding with Continental’s 30th anniversary of service to the area and its recent entry to Star Alliance. The study showed that in 2008, Continental’s operations contributed more than $6.3 billion in gross regional product to the region and an estimated 110,000 jobs amounting to more than $5.9 billion in personal income. As the leading carrier in New York, Continental offers more seats and serves more nonstop destinations from the New York area than any other carrier.
The report estimated that of the 110,000 jobs currently being contributed by Continental to the region, approximately 30 percent are in New York City, 12 percent in the rest of New York state, 31 percent in the Newark region and 27 percent in the rest of New Jersey.
"As significant as these results are, this study does not measure the full economic impact of Continental’s presence," said project director and senior vice president of NERA, Dr. David Harrison, Jr. "While the study measures aviation employment and passenger expenditures, including multiplier effects, it does not include other important aspects of Continental operations on the community. It is clear from the data that Continental’s presence makes the New York/New Jersey region a more attractive region for businesses to relocate or expand their operations due to the reduction in the cost of doing business associated with access to air travel."
Even excluding those substantial effects, the NERA analysis estimated that by 2030, Continental’s contribution would account for $11 billion in personal income and $12 billion in gross regional product, nearly double Continental’s contribution in 2008.
"On behalf of my more than 41,000 co-workers, we are pleased that Continental is making such a meaningful contribution in one of the most important regions for our company and our country," said Larry Kellner, Continental chairman and chief executive officer. "As the first member of the Star Alliance with a major hub in the New York City area, Continental will be connecting the region with 24 other carriers in a global alliance that offers more than 18,900 flights a day to 983 cities in 169 countries."
Continental commissioned NERA Economic Consulting (NERA) to conduct the study. NERA, one of the foremost global economic research organizations with extensive experience in transportation and regional economics, used a state-of-the-art computer model tailored to the local economy, as well as extensive data from Continental and outside sources, to develop an assessment of the airline’s current and future economic impacts on the New York/New Jersey region. The assessment includes the direct contributions made by Continental employees and passengers as well as the multiplier effects of increased spending on the regional economy. The study was performed by NERA, which has more than 600 staff members in eleven offices in North America as well as fourteen overseas offices. The result is one of the most complete and detailed studies ever completed concerning the contribution of an airline’s operations to a regional economy.
To view a full copy the NERA report, click here.
Background
As of March 2009, Continental and its regional partners served 146 nonstop destinations with 412 flights per day from Newark Liberty International Airport, making Continental Airlines the largest airline at the airport by both metrics. Together with its regional partners, Continental transported 70 percent of all revenue passengers at Newark in 2008. Continental also handled more than 120,000 tons of revenue freight at Newark in 2008, making it the largest freight handler among the airport’s passenger airlines. Continental has significant, though much smaller, operations at LaGuardia Airport (LaGuardia), where it ranked among the fifteen largest carriers (by passenger count) in 2008. From LaGuardia, Continental and its partners operated 16 flights per day as of March 2009.
Continental’s New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport serves as a gateway to Continental’s international route system to Europe, Asia and Latin America. Continental’s hub at Newark Liberty currently provides daily or near-daily nonstop service to 26 European destinations, seven Canadian cities, eight Central American/Caribbean destinations, four cities in Mexico, plus Bogota, Sao Paulo, Beijing, Delhi, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Shanghai and Tokyo. Continental’s Newark Liberty service represents the only scheduled nonstop service from the New York City area to several important domestic and international destinations. Continental supplements its extensive Liberty operations with frequent nonstop service from LaGuardia to the airline’s hubs in Houston and Cleveland.
Continental Airlines is the world’s fifth largest airline. Continental, together with Continental Express and Continental Connection, has more than 2,400 daily departures throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, serving 130 domestic and 132 international destinations. Continental is a member of Star Alliance, which provides access to more than 900 additional points in 169 countries via 24 other member airlines. With more than 41,000 employees, Continental has hubs serving New York, Houston, Cleveland and Guam, and together with its regional partners, carries approximately 63 million passengers per year.
Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, Continental consistently earns awards and critical acclaim for both its operation and its corporate culture. For the sixth consecutive year, FORTUNE magazine named Continental the No. 1 World’s Most Admired Airline on its 2009 list of World’s Most Admired Companies. For more company information, go to continental.com.
SOURCE Continental Airlines
The report estimated that of the 110,000 jobs currently being contributed by Continental to the region, approximately 30 percent are in New York City, 12 percent in the rest of New York state, 31 percent in the Newark region and 27 percent in the rest of New Jersey.
"As significant as these results are, this study does not measure the full economic impact of Continental’s presence," said project director and senior vice president of NERA, Dr. David Harrison, Jr. "While the study measures aviation employment and passenger expenditures, including multiplier effects, it does not include other important aspects of Continental operations on the community. It is clear from the data that Continental’s presence makes the New York/New Jersey region a more attractive region for businesses to relocate or expand their operations due to the reduction in the cost of doing business associated with access to air travel."
Even excluding those substantial effects, the NERA analysis estimated that by 2030, Continental’s contribution would account for $11 billion in personal income and $12 billion in gross regional product, nearly double Continental’s contribution in 2008.
"On behalf of my more than 41,000 co-workers, we are pleased that Continental is making such a meaningful contribution in one of the most important regions for our company and our country," said Larry Kellner, Continental chairman and chief executive officer. "As the first member of the Star Alliance with a major hub in the New York City area, Continental will be connecting the region with 24 other carriers in a global alliance that offers more than 18,900 flights a day to 983 cities in 169 countries."
Continental commissioned NERA Economic Consulting (NERA) to conduct the study. NERA, one of the foremost global economic research organizations with extensive experience in transportation and regional economics, used a state-of-the-art computer model tailored to the local economy, as well as extensive data from Continental and outside sources, to develop an assessment of the airline’s current and future economic impacts on the New York/New Jersey region. The assessment includes the direct contributions made by Continental employees and passengers as well as the multiplier effects of increased spending on the regional economy. The study was performed by NERA, which has more than 600 staff members in eleven offices in North America as well as fourteen overseas offices. The result is one of the most complete and detailed studies ever completed concerning the contribution of an airline’s operations to a regional economy.
To view a full copy the NERA report, click here.
Background
As of March 2009, Continental and its regional partners served 146 nonstop destinations with 412 flights per day from Newark Liberty International Airport, making Continental Airlines the largest airline at the airport by both metrics. Together with its regional partners, Continental transported 70 percent of all revenue passengers at Newark in 2008. Continental also handled more than 120,000 tons of revenue freight at Newark in 2008, making it the largest freight handler among the airport’s passenger airlines. Continental has significant, though much smaller, operations at LaGuardia Airport (LaGuardia), where it ranked among the fifteen largest carriers (by passenger count) in 2008. From LaGuardia, Continental and its partners operated 16 flights per day as of March 2009.
Continental’s New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport serves as a gateway to Continental’s international route system to Europe, Asia and Latin America. Continental’s hub at Newark Liberty currently provides daily or near-daily nonstop service to 26 European destinations, seven Canadian cities, eight Central American/Caribbean destinations, four cities in Mexico, plus Bogota, Sao Paulo, Beijing, Delhi, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Shanghai and Tokyo. Continental’s Newark Liberty service represents the only scheduled nonstop service from the New York City area to several important domestic and international destinations. Continental supplements its extensive Liberty operations with frequent nonstop service from LaGuardia to the airline’s hubs in Houston and Cleveland.
Continental Airlines is the world’s fifth largest airline. Continental, together with Continental Express and Continental Connection, has more than 2,400 daily departures throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, serving 130 domestic and 132 international destinations. Continental is a member of Star Alliance, which provides access to more than 900 additional points in 169 countries via 24 other member airlines. With more than 41,000 employees, Continental has hubs serving New York, Houston, Cleveland and Guam, and together with its regional partners, carries approximately 63 million passengers per year.
Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, Continental consistently earns awards and critical acclaim for both its operation and its corporate culture. For the sixth consecutive year, FORTUNE magazine named Continental the No. 1 World’s Most Admired Airline on its 2009 list of World’s Most Admired Companies. For more company information, go to continental.com.
SOURCE Continental Airlines
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