Port Parks’ ARTISAN in residence

Bob Poull is no stranger to construction.

His father was a carpenter whose craft is memorialized in a woodworkers museum. Using exotic woods, he created lamps and vases and numerous other items.

Poull’s brother Ted wrote a book about construction management and teaches the subject.

“I think it’s all in our blood,” Bob Poull said.

Bob worked in construction until the early 1980s when the industry began to struggle during a recession. Then he joined the City of Port Washington’s street department and years later became the parks foreman.