• "Denise does a fantastic job of balancing the different concerns of an architectural project director: she keeps projects moving forward, keeps the team focused on all of the (sometimes competing) goals, deals with the inevitable field conditions without fuss, and recognizes that different trades and different consultants will move at different speeds and have different concerns as projects develop. I’ve worked with her on five historic restoration projects of varying complexity and goals, and she has adapted her management style to the needs of each. On those projects where she was also developing architectural drawings as as the lead designer, she balanced her roles of designer and manager to the benefit of other consultants. It’s been a pleasure working with a dedicated professional like Denise. "

    — Don Friedman, PE, Old Structures Engineering, PC

  • "ICR has worked on several historic restoration and conservation projects in Central Park under the direction of Denise Keaveney at CPC. Through these experiences, we have gotten to know Denise very well and thoroughly enjoy our ongoing working relationship. Denise has extensive technical knowledge of building construction and materials and is able to apply that to both new and historic structures. She has demonstrated adherence to high standards for all projects under her direction, with significant appreciation for the preservation and restoration of historic materials. Denise fluidly manages and collaborates with a wide range of trades, consultants, and organizations to optimize a project outcome. She has demonstrated great leadership skills to steer multi-faceted and challenging projects to successful completion, and her work ethic and enthusiastic attitude have forged positive working atmospheres on all projects with which ICR has been involved."

    — Glenn Boornazian, President & Principal Conservator at Integrated Conservation (ICR-ICC)

  • "I have been working with Denise for the past couple of years as a lighting design consultant for Belvedere Castle, The Dairy, and North Meadow renovations. She is such a pleasure to work with and a great leader for these projects - keeping them on track, rallying the team with her project updates emails! She brings so much love and enthusiasm for what she does. In addition to her great leadership skills, she is also a thorough designer and architect and thoughtful in every aspect of the project - from historical considerations to user function and design sensibility. Looking forward to more projects together!"

    — Renata Gallo, Senior Associate Lighting Designer at Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design

  • "I have worked with Denise on three projects at the Central Park Conservancy, and I consider her to be a consummate professional. She is clear sighted as an architect; she listens to her consultants and makes good decisions when there are choices to be made. She is also a very good manager, keeping her projects running on time and on budget. She does all of this while also being a very nice, good-humored person with whom it is always a pleasure to work. Denise has also been very accommodating when I have arranged public tours of the completed projects, helping me with arrangements and accompanying me as a tour leader. I highly recommend her."

    — Michael Hennes, IES, LEED AP BD+C, Associate Principal/Lighting Designer at Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design

  • "I have had the pleasure of working with Denise both as a colleague and as a client. she wholly reliable and does the best of every task. She directs a team by leading them. always a joy"

    — Carl Ordemann, AIA, Principal at Perkins Eastman Architects