Gerard Koeppel
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Gerard Koeppel is an American author and historian, with a focus on New York infrastructure.[1][2] He has written three books—Water for Gotham: A History[3][4] (Princeton University Press, 2000), Bond of Union: Building the Erie Canal and the American Nation[5][6][7] (Da Capo Press, 2009); and City on a Grid: How New York Became New York[8][9][10][11] (Da Capo Press, 2015)—and contributed to numerous other books, including The Encyclopedia of New York City, of which he was an associate editor of the second edition.[12] City on a Grid was a winner of a 2015 New York City Book Award [13] and was named one of Planetizen's top 10 urban planning books of 2015.[14] Koeppel has written opinion pieces for the New York Times [15], the New York Daily News[16][17][18], and other print and online publications. He writes and speaks regularly about aspects of New York history. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University,[19] where he was deeply influenced by professors V.S. Naipaul and Phyllis Rose. He has been a charter sailboat captain, a New York City cabdriver, and radio journalist, including a dozen years at CBS News.
References
- ^ http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/05/naked-cities
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/video/nyregion/100000003176142/living-city-a-billion-gallons-a-day.html?src=vidm
- ^ "Koeppel, G.T.: Water for Gotham: A History. (Paperback)". princeton.edu.
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/10/books/nor-any-drop-to-drink.html
- ^ World Archipelago. "Bond of Union". dacapopress.com.
- ^ http://www.economist.com/node/13176915
- ^ http://jah.oxfordjournals.org/content/96/3/841.1.short
- ^ World Archipelago. "City on a Grid". dacapopress.com.
- ^ http://www.wsj.com/articles/design-for-living-1449865422
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/books/review/new-york-city.html
- ^ http://www.keyreporter.org/BookReviews/LifeOfTheMind/Details/1837.html
- ^ "Books". gerardkoeppel.com.
- ^ http://www.nysoclib.org/blog/announcing-2015-new-york-city-book-awards
- ^ http://www.planetizen.com/node/82685/top-10-books-2016
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/opinion/opinionspecial/pipe-dreams.html
- ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/fracking-dangerous-new-york-article-1.1004701
- ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/gerard-koeppel-vision-zero-humanly-article-1.2475873
- ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/gerard-koeppel-rock-boat-ferries-article-1.2636478
- ^ http://wesleyanargus.com/2010/01/29/koeppel-%E2%80%9979-brings-journalism-to-wesleyan-undergrads/