From 2010 to 2016, his daily column, the "Urban Gardner" appeared in the Wall Street Journal's Greater New York section.
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.
[5] In 2009, Gardner covered the Anthony Dryden Marshall trial for The Huffington Post[6] and The Daily Beast.
The lengthy and highly publicized trial saw Marshall indicted on sixteen charges relating to the handling of his mother's will and financial affairs.
[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).