Although I'm sure that we've done threads on Wayne Stiles and John Van Kleek, I must have been "on vacation" from GCA at the time so the article on page D5 in today's NYT was a learning experience.
Rather than recount what most people on this DG already know (except me until now), I'll ask the more computer-friendly participants here to provide links to the article itself and to any threads we may have done on these guys (or Taconic).
Also, any links to a book called "The Life and Work of Wayne Stiles" by Bob Labbance and Kevin Mendik - who are probably regular contributors to GCA and I've just never noticed.
Either way, the article is a good read. I am near the courses mentioned rather often as my daughter goes to summer camp nearby. I haven't played Taconic in over 35 years but I've always thought it was the best "short" golf course I'd ever seen. I hear its' been lengthened/restored, etc. but I haven't seen or heard much about the results.