Tafel served in a photographic analysis unit during World War II, afterwards opening his own architectural office in New York City [REF].
Tafel's other designs included the Protestant Chapel at Kennedy International Airport, which is no longer extant, and St. John's in the Village Episcopal Church in Greenwich Village,[REF] built in 1972-1974, replacing a sanctuary which burned down in 1971 with a new Greek Revival-influenced modern design [REF].