Career
Gray wrote the "Streetscapes" column from 1986 until December 2014. 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 *Books
* ''New York, Empire City'' (with David Stravitz; Harry N. Abrams, 2004) * ''New York Streetscapes'' (Harry N. Abrams, 2003 - Research by Suzanne Braley) * ''The Chrysler Building: Creating a New York Icon Day by Day'' (with David Stravitz; Princeton Architectural Press, 2002 - Research by Suzanne Braley) * ''Sutton Place, Uncommon Community by the River'' (Sutton Area Community, 1997) * ''Fifth Avenue, from Start to Finish, 1911, in Historic Block-by-Block Photographs'' (Dover, 1994 - Research by Suzanne Braley) * ''Changing New York'' (Dover Publications, 1992 - Research by Raymond Fike) * ''Blueprints'' (with John Boswell; Simon & Schuster, 1981)See also
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