Gerard Koeppel Explained

Gerard Koeppel
Birth Date:1975
Birth Place:United States
Occupation:Author and historian
Education:Riverdale Country School
Alma Mater:Wesleyan University

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] [8] (Da Capo Press, 2009); and City on a Grid: How New York Became New York[9] [10] [11] [12] (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.[13] City on a Grid was a winner of a 2015 New York City Book Award[14] and was named one of Planetizen's top 10 urban planning books of 2015.[15] Koeppel has written opinion pieces for the New York Times[16] , the New York Daily News[17] [18] [19] , and other print and online publications. He writes and speaks regularly about aspects of New York history. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University,[20] 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.

Notes and References

  1. The Truth About City Life . Gopnik . Adam . October 5, 2015 . July 11, 2018 . . Condé Nast.
  2. News: Living City A Billion Gallons a Day . Melanie . Burford . Greg . Moyer . October 16, 2014 . July 11, 2018 . .
  3. Book: Koeppel, Gerard T. . Water for Gotham: A History . August 26, 2001 . . 9780691089768 . 376.
  4. News: Nor Any Drop to Drink . Carr . Caleb . September 10, 2000 . July 11, 2018 . .
  5. Web site: Bond of Union . World Archipelago . . 2014 . July 11, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150929135859/http://dacapopress.com/book/us/paperback/bond-of-union/9780306818622 . September 29, 2015.
  6. News: Waterway triumphs . February 26, 2009 . July 11, 2018 . . The Economist Newspaper Limited.
  7. Bond of Union: Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire. By Gerard Koeppel. (Cambridge: Da Capo, 2009. x, 454 pp. $27.95, 978-0-306-81827-1.) . Nordstrom . Justin . December 1, 2009 . . 96 . 3 . 841 . 10.1093/jahist/96.3.841 . . Oxford University Press.
  8. 23315177 . Reviewed Work: Bond of Union: Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire by Gerard Koeppel . John Lauritz . Larson . . 32 . 3 . 2012 . 536–538 . University of Pennsylvania Press on behalf of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic. 10.1353/jer.2012.0058 . 145496956 .
  9. Web site: City on a Grid . World Archipelago . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305071427/http://dacapopress.com/book/hardcover/city-on-a-grid/9780306822841 . March 5, 2016 . 2014.
  10. News: Design for Living . David . Freeland . December 11, 2015 . July 11, 2018 . . The Wall Street Journal.
  11. News: New York City . Williams . Mason B. . January 8, 2016 . July 11, 2018 . .
  12. Web site: Life of the Mind . Fried . Lewis . August 3, 2016 . July 11, 2018 . Key Reporter . The Phi Beta Kappa Society.
  13. Web site: Books . gerardkoeppel.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925202626/http://gerardkoeppel.com/id3.html . September 25, 2015 . July 11, 2018.
  14. Web site: Announcing the 2015 New York City Book Awards! . March 18, 2016 . July 11, 2018 . The New York Society Library . Holliday . Sarah.
  15. Web site: Top 10 Books – 2016 . James . Brasuell . Josh . Stephens . December 12, 2015 . July 11, 2018 . Planetizen.
  16. News: Pipe Dreams . Koeppel . Gerard . March 13, 2005 . July 11, 2018 . .
  17. News: Fracking is too dangerous for New York . Koeppel . Gerard . January 12, 2012 . July 11, 2018 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307225329/http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/fracking-dangerous-new-york-article-1.1004701 . March 7, 2016.
  18. News: Is Vision Zero humanly possible? . Koeppel . Gerard . December 27, 2015 . July 11, 2018 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170116144348/http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/gerard-koeppel-vision-zero-humanly-article-1.2475873 . January 16, 2017.
  19. News: Rock the boat & believe in ferries: Our city of islands should dive in, head first, and help people get around by boat . Koeppel . Gerard . May 16, 2016 . July 11, 2018 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170116144402/http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/gerard-koeppel-rock-boat-ferries-article-1.2636478 . January 16, 2017.
  20. News: Koeppel '79 Brings Journalism to Wesleyan Undergrads . January 29, 2010 . July 11, 2018 . Liu . Pei Xiong . . Wesleyan University.

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