Remembering Joseph Merz: architect, urban advocate and Brooklyn fixture
July 3, 2020
Joseph G. Merz, an architect, preservationist and urban advocate who worked nationally but was particularly associated with a small corner of Brooklyn, passed away March 1 at Montefiore Hospital in Mount Vernon, New York at the age of 92. According to his children, the cause of death was sepsis leading to organ failure. In 1963, Joe Merz had a young