Aymar Embury II

Aymar Embury II (June 15, 1880 – November 15, 1966) was an American architect. He is best known for commissions from the City of New York from the 1930s through to the 1950s. In this period, Embury frequently worked with Robert Moses in the latter's various city and state capacities, especially, early on, in Moses capacity of Parks Commissioner. Many surviving examples of Embury's work comprise of zoos, swimming pools, playgrounds and other recreational structures in New York City parks. Embury was born in New York City to Aymar Embury and Fannie Miller Bates. Married four times, his first union was with Dorothy Coe in 1904. However, they later divorced and he married Ruth Dean. Dean was a famous landscape designer who designed Grey...