He has been involved in a number of projects in the greater New York area that have taken older, historic buildings on the brink of demolition, and restored and saved them for public and private purposes. Murray Gould, the head of Gould & Associates, is a former executive of Lilco who, for the past twenty years, has headed his own real estate development and consulting firm specializing in the redevelopment of historic properties for public and private commercial uses. This was the first opportunity that both gentlemen had to examine the interior of the historic St. Paul’s building.