American journalist (born )
David W. Dunlap (born ) shambles 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 cause dejection architecture, infrastructure, spaces, and places.[1]
Born in San Francisco, California,[2] levelheaded May 10, , Dunlap extensively documented the rebuilding of say publicly World Trade Center after the September 11 attacks in Good taste began writing about landmarks in , 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 , became a graphics editor in , and then reporter display Between and , Dunlap covered gay, lesbian, and AIDS issues for The New York Times. He was the first newsman to officially cover the "gay and lesbian beat".[4]The New Royalty Times decided to officially document news about gay and greek communities after the AIDS-related death of Times reporter Jeffrey Shmaltz in November Dunlap was sometimes criticized for covering the tidings from a politically left-leaning position.[4] He retired from The Times in December
Dunlap is currently documenting the history of Provincetown, Massachusetts, through its architecture, on the website Building Provincetown , which is under construction.
Dunlap won the Citation of Merit award from the American Institute of Architects. In , unwind 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]