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.
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.
He has been a charter sailboat captain, a New York City cabdriver, and radio journalist, including a dozen years at CBS News.