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Ralph Gardner Jr. (born June 16, 1953) is an American writer, author, and radio commentator. From 2010 to 2016, his daily column, the "Urban Gardner" appeared in the Wall Street Journal's Greater New York section. [1] His work has also appeared in The New York Times , New York , The New York Observer , The New Yorker , and The Huffington Post .
Early in his career, Gardner worked for NBC News, Ed Koch's successful 1978 mayoral campaign, and served as the spokesperson for the New York City Department of Correction.
Gardner is a journalist and humorist, and chronicles life in New York City. His early writing appeared in the SoHo Weekly News , Spy , and Cosmopolitan . [2] In the 1990s, Gardner wrote for The New York Observer , penning the Crime Blotter and contributing to the New Yorker's Diary. [3] As a freelance writer, Gardner has written feature stories for New York (magazine) [4] (Married to the Market) and The New York Times (The Farewell Tour). [5]
In 2009, Gardner covered the Anthony Dryden Marshall trial for The Huffington Post [6] and The Daily Beast . [7] Marshall was the son of socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor. The lengthy and highly publicized trial saw Marshall indicted on sixteen charges relating to the handling of his mother's will and financial affairs. The charges included conspiracy, grand larceny and possession of stolen property. [8] On December 21, 2009, Marshall was sentenced to one to three years in prison. [9] He served eight weeks before being granted immediate parole due to failing health.
In 2010, The Wall Street Journal launched the Greater New York section. [10] Five days a week Gardner penned the "Urban Gardner" column, an account of the quotidian features of New York City from MetroCard machines (Swipe It, Swipe It Good) to beloved local citizens (A Jewel of a Proprietor) and the city's skyscrapers (Topping Expectations at the Empire State Building). [1] Gardner wrote over 1,000 "Urban Gardner" before the Greater New York section closed in 2016. [11]
In 2016, Gardner began a weekly radio commentary on WAMC Northeast Public Radio, a National Public Radio affiliate. [12] Gardner has a residence in Columbia County, New York and his commentary focuses on topics relating to being a "weekender."
Born in New York City, Gardner is the son of Natalie Gardner and Ralph Gardner (1923-2005), Horatio Alger biographer. [13] He has two brothers, James Gardner (1960), architectural critic, [14] and Peter Gardner (1958). Gardner attended the Browning School and Middlebury College. In 1986, Gardner married Deborah Downing. The couple has two daughters, Lucy and Gracie. [15] Gardner splits his time between New York City and Columbia County in upstate New York.
In 2015, Gardner was honored with Mychal Judge Heart of New York prize from the New York Press Club. [16] In 2016, Gardner was honored with the Browning School's Charles W. Cook Alumnus Achievement Award. [17]
Horatio Alger Jr. was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to middle-class security and comfort through good works. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States from 1868 through to his death in 1899.
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Michael Christopher Moynihan is an American journalist, former National Correspondent for Vice News and co-host of The Fifth Column podcast. He was previously the cultural news editor for The Daily Beast/Newsweek, the managing editor of Vice magazine, and a senior editor of the libertarian magazine Reason. Moynihan was also a resident fellow of the free-market think tank Timbro in Sweden, where he lived and wrote articles about politics in the country, contributing to Swedish-language publications, including Expressen, Aftonbladet, Sveriges Television, Neo and Göteborgs-Tidningen. According to Media Bistro, "Moynihan is perhaps best known for breaking the story on Jonah Lehrer's fabrications."
Chris Ely is a professional English butler and estate manager and the former Dean of the Bespoke Institute at The French Culinary Institute in New York City. He began his career as a footman at Buckingham Palace, where he was a member of Queen Elizabeth II's household staff. In the more than three decades since, he has worked as a butler and an estate manager for employers including Joel Schumacher and Brooke Astor.
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