Christopher Gray is an American journalist and architectural historian noted for his weekly New York Times column "Streetscapes", about the history of New York architecture, real estate and public improvements. Gray has also written extensively about architecture for the magazines Avenue and House and Garden

House & Garden (magazine)

House & Garden was an American shelter magazine published by Condé Nast Publications that focused on interior design, entertaining, and gardening....

, and is the founder of the Office for Metropolitan History, an organization that provides research on the history of New York buildings.

Books

• New York, Empire City (with David Stravitz; Harry N. Abrams, 2004)
• 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)