Peter M. Wolf is a sixth-gen­er­a­tion mem­ber of a Jew­ish New Orleans fam­i­ly that has long been inte­gral to that city’s cul­ture and com­merce. He is a nation­al­ly rec­og­nized land plan­ning, urban pol­i­cy and asset man­age­ment author­i­ty. His writ­ing and reser­ach have been sup­port­ed by the Nation­al Endow­ment for the Arts, the Ford Foun­da­tion, the Amer­i­can Fed­er­a­tion of Arts, and a Ful­bright Fel­low­ship, and he has been select­ed as a Vis­it­ing Artist/​Scholar at the Amer­i­can Acad­e­my in Rome.