John Freeman Gill | Author | Journalist


	The Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC John Freeman Gill, architecture and real estate editor of Avenue magazine, discusses his debut novel, The Gargoyle Hunters. Gill's novel tells the story of a father and son team who steal 19th-century gargoyles off the faces of New York City buildings so that they can raise money to save their home. The novel is based on a famous architectural heist that took place in Manhattan in 1974. March 23, 2017. listen The Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC Lopate interviews John, along with legendary art-world figure Ivan Karp, about John's Atlantic Monthly feature, "Ghosts of New York," which exposes the Brooklyn Museum's plans to rid itself of a third of its unique collection of important turn-of-the-last-century New York City architectural sculpture. May 19, 2010. listen The Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC Lopate interviews John and two colleagues about the anthology "More New York Stories: The Best of the City Section of The New York Times." January 3, 2011. listen The New York Times Close-Up Sam Roberts interviews John about his City Section cover story on Bill Clinton's rocky relationship with Harlem. July 26, 2008. watch the video
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