David W. Dunlap

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David W. Dunlap
Born (1952-05-10) May 10, 1952 (age 72)
Alma mater Yale University
Occupation Journalist
Employer The New York Times

David W. Dunlap (born 1952) is an American journalist who worked as a reporter for The New York Times . He wrote a regular column, Building Blocks, that looked at the New York metropolitan area through its architecture, infrastructure, spaces, and places. [1]

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Career

Born in San Francisco, California, [2] on May 10, 1952, Dunlap extensively documented the rebuilding of the World Trade Center after the September 11 attacks in 2001. He began writing about landmarks in 1981, when he was evicted from the New York Biltmore Hotel so that he would not be able to see its interior being demolished. [3]

He began his career as a clerk to James Reston in 1975, became a graphics editor in 1976, and then reporter in 1981. Between 1994 and 1999, Dunlap covered gay, lesbian, and AIDS issues for The New York Times. He was the first reporter to officially cover the "gay and lesbian beat". [4] The New York Times decided to officially document news about gay and lesbian communities after the AIDS-related death of Times reporter Jeffrey Schmalz in November 1993. Dunlap was sometimes criticized for covering the news from a politically left-leaning position. [4] He retired from The Times in December 2017.

Dunlap is currently documenting the history of Provincetown, Massachusetts, through its architecture, on the website Building Provincetown 2020, which is under construction.

Awards

Dunlap won the Citation of Excellence award from the American Institute of Architects. In 1992, he received the American Planning Association's New York Metro Chapter journalism award; other winners have included Brendan Gill, Paul Goldberger, Kenneth T. Jackson, and Elizabeth Kolbert. [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Building Blocks A weekly column on what New York City looks like, and how it got that way". The New York Times .
  2. "Ask A Reporter: David Dunlap". The New York Times. 1999. Archived from the original on November 3, 2002.
  3. "David W. Dunlap". 2015 MAS Summit for New York City.
  4. 1 2 "Guide to the David W. Dunlap Papers: 1993–1999" (PDF). New York Public Library, Humanities and Social Sciences Library Manuscripts and Archives Division. February 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  5. "Previous Award Winners" (PDF). New York Metro Chapter of the American Planning Association. 2009.
  6. "Awards Committee". New York Metro Chapter of the American Planning Association. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.