Riley, Robin
Person
Biography
Architect Winston Everitt (Robin) Riley, Jr. appears to have begun his association with the World's Fair project as a local resource person working with Hilker-Dingwell Associates, Inc., the Seattle firm hired as principal consultant by Louisiana Expo, Inc., the original corporation interested in bringing a Fair to New Orleans. During this period Riley was also the supervising architect for the Louis Armstrong Park development in the Crescent City. He later served as the city of New Orleans liaison to LWE.
Topics
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Contract for City Liaison to the Louisiana World Exposition and Coordination of Louis Armstrong Park (Robin Riley), 1984
File — Box 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These records include correspondence and subject files relating to the general areas of responsibility of the Office. Also included are records specifically relating to its function as the support agency for the city's Industrial Development Board. The latter materials include both general correspondence and subject files and records (applications, agreements, etc.) for individual revenue bond projects handled by the Board.
Projects and subject areas of special interest in these...
Dates:
1984
Contract - Riley, Robin Architect, 1984
File — Box J51
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These records of the Office of Planning & Development were discovered after the bulk of the records had been arranged and were, thus, arranged separately. The files include minutes, correspondence, reports and/or recommendations of several task forces, committees or advisory groups set up by the Mayor (especially the Revenue Revision Task Force, the Housing Task Force, and the Transit Task Force); also of interest is documentation on the 1984 World's Fair. The records appear primarily to...
Dates:
1984
Robin Riley Papers relating to the World's Fair in New Orleans
Collection
Identifier: SC-263-MS
Scope and Contents
One archives carton containing correspondence, memorandums, minutes, reports, sketches, notes, and related material dealing with the early planning of what became the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition.
The handwritten notes and sketches appear to be Riley's own work. Some of the letters, memos, and other documents are addressed from or to him. Other materials are photocopies apparently forwarded to or otherwise collected by Riley. Generally, these papers document the early, preliminary...
Dates:
1977-1979
Found in:
Special Collections