Christopher Gray (architectural historian)

Christopher Stewart Gray (April 24, 1950 – March 10, 2017){{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/nyregion/christopher-gray-architecture-writer-and-researcher-dies-at-66.html |title=Christopher Gray, Architecture Writer and Researcher, Dies at 66 |accessdate=March 13, 2017 |work=The New York Times}} was an American journalist and architectural historian,Schneider, Daniel B (August 27, 2000). [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/27/nyregion/fyi-829021.html "F.Y.I.{{spaced ndash}} Hell's Kitchen in the Raw"]. The New York Times. March 4, 2010. noted for his weekly column "Streetscapes" in The New York Times, about the history of New York City architecture, real estate and public improvements.[http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/g/christopher_gray/index.html "Christopher Gray"]. The New York Times. Retrieved March 4, 2010.[http://www.metrohistory.com/writing.htm "Office for Metropolitan History"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005074217/http://www.metrohistory.com/writing.htm |date=October 5, 2009 }}. Retrieved March 4, 2010.

Career

Gray wrote the "Streetscapes" column from 1986 until December 2014.{{cite web|last=Gray|first=Christopher|title=Christopher Gray – The New York Times|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/christopher_gray/index.html|work=The New York Times|accessdate=July 16, 2013}} His work focuses on architecture, history and preservation policies of New York City.

He also wrote extensively about architecture for the magazines Avenue and House & Garden, and was the founder of the Office for Metropolitan History, an organization that provides research on the history of New York buildings. He wrote a column, "All the Best Places", from 1982 to 1985 on American streets for House & Garden.

Awards and honors

Gray received awards for his research and writing from the following:

American Institute of Architects
Classical America
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
New York Landmarks Conservancy
New York Society Library
Preservation League of New York State{{cite web|title=Office for Metropolitan History|url=http://www.metrohistory.com/writing.htm|publisher=Metro History|accessdate=July 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621100554/http://www.metrohistory.com/writing.htm|archive-date=June 21, 2013|url-status=dead}}

Books

New York, Empire City (with David Stravitz; Harry N. Abrams, 2004) {{ISBN|0-8109-5011-1}}
New York Streetscapes (Harry N. Abrams, 2003 - Research by Suzanne Braley) {{ISBN|0-8109-4441-3}}
The Chrysler Building: Creating a New York Icon Day by Day (with David Stravitz; Princeton Architectural Press, 2002 - Research by Suzanne Braley) {{ISBN|1-56898-354-9}}
Sutton Place, Uncommon Community by the River (Sutton Area Community, 1997) {{ISBN|0-9652934-0-8}}
Fifth Avenue, from Start to Finish, 1911, in Historic Block-by-Block Photographs (Dover, 1994 - Research by Suzanne Braley) {{ISBN|0-486-28146-9}}
Changing New York (Dover Publications, 1992 - Research by Raymond Fike) {{ISBN|0-486-26936-1}}
Blueprints (with John Boswell; Simon & Schuster, 1981) {{ISBN|0-671-41973-0}}