AICP certification is the country’s only independent verification of planners' qualifications and underscores that planning occurs at the intersection of multiple disciplines.  She will continue to pursue on-going education in the areas of planning law, sustainability, resiliency, ethics, and equity.

Meisha’s preservation planning experience includes consulting work with multidisciplinary teams across a broad spectrum of project types and scales, including: Adaptive Use and Rehabilitation (The Children’s Museum of Manhattan); Climate Change Resiliency (Red Hook Recreation Center; Battery Park Coastal Resiliency; East 107th Street Pier and Bobby Wagner Walk; NYCHA Red Hook Houses); Cultural Resource Survey (Village of Scarsdale); Feasibility Studies (Center for Creativity, SUNY Stonybrook Southampton; Oatlands Historic House and Gardens); Historic Preservation Tax Credits and Affordable Housing (Nostrand Houses and Bronx River Houses Addition); Historic Structure Reports (High Bridge; former Seamen’s YMCA Building; Louis Armstrong House Museum); National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 Reviews(Bayonne Bridge Raise the Roadway; post-Sandy PATH Structure upgrades); New Construction (Statue of Liberty Museum; 959 Sterling Place) and  ZR 74-711 Special Permit/MOU applications (St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church; Private residential projects).

Headquarters of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York: Preservation Architect for the exterior restoration

Palace Theater: Preservation Consultant to Nederlander Organization for the lifting and restoration of the historic theater

Brooklyn Bridge: Preservation Consultant to GPI for the rehabilitation of the iconic bridge

New Victory Theater: Preservation Consultant to EDC for the interior restoration as part of the 42nd Street Development Project

The project teams will be honored at the 35th Annual Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards ceremony on April 22, 2025 at the Hotel Edison.

The project team will be honored at the FUES 43rd Annual Meeting and Award Ceremony on April 17, 2025.

New York Times

by Victoria M. Walker

March, 11, 2025

Meisha Hunter was the historic preservation consultant for the design of a new residential building in a historic district.

The preservation philosophy that makes a lot of sense to me is that preservation is like recycling — it’s as practical as recycling. And what you try to do is look at each individual situation and try to figure out what’s the appropriateness argument for this particular situation. What’s important is to talk about whether change is appropriate and what kind of change is appropriate. - Meisha Hunter

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/realestate/rental-building-crown-heights-mason-gray.html

Photo by Clark Hodgin

Michael received a Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a Masters in Historic Preservation from Columbia University. He joined LSA in 2016 and since has distinguished himself for his technical and analytical skills and for his dedication to ensuring the best possible outcome for his projects and clients. An avid collector of rare architecture books, Michael draws on his knowledge of period architectural styles in his research of historic properties. 

The project won the award in the Manufacturing category for the high level of craftmanship by Vestacast for replicating historic cast stone elements. The project team was honored at the Cast Stone Institute’s Annual Convention on October 18, 2024.

The project won the award in the Historic Preservation category and the project team will be honored at a ceremony on December 4, 2024.

https://www.classicist.org/honors/mckim-mead-white-awards/

August 7 – August 10, 2024

Hosted by ICOMOS India Water Heritage Working Group in collaboration with Bharti Vidyapeeth College of Architecture @bvducoa , Pune, and Indian Institute for Science and Education Research (IISER)

Meisha gave a lecture on the challenges and opportunities for water and heritage and served as a panel moderator.