Tracy Maisel
I am so sad to be finding out about Barry's passing at so late a date. Posting here may seem like a second thought, and of little condolence to his family. However, even with time, it is lovely to know the impact that people we love still make on the world. So, I just wanted to share how wonderful Barry was to me. As an architecture graduate from Miami, he took me under his wing, as he hired his first woman draftsman and intern (and as he asked me to keep secret, a Jew). He put a lot of faith in me, inspired me, and was a second father to me, in so many ways, when my own father failed me. I am sorry to have lost touch with him when I left town in the mid 90s, but I will forever be grateful for all that he taught me, about family, about life and about architecture. I am sure he is building mansions in the sky. Much love. Tracy Maisel