January 2009 – Scouting NY

The Financial District Pharaohs

I’m not sure how well you can see these from the ground, but adorning the corners of this building are […]

Two years ago, I took my first ever trip down to Disney World and had a much better time than

Way over on West 59th Street between 10th and 11th is this great little Parks Department rec center, dwarfed on

It probably goes without saying that this is quite the view to have while taking a bath (or sitting on

If you were traveling down Flushing Ave around 1904, this was what you would have seen: Jump forward in time

New York is overfilled with flashy, archetypal steel-and-glass diners that look like they were transported here directly from the 1950’s.

One of my favorites bits in Times Square can be found on West 40th Street between Broadway and 6th. It’s

I was in midtown today scouting around East 48th Street, an area with a ton of archetypal New York hotels

I was taking pictures on an empty side-street in Queens near the East River when I suddenly noticed these five

For the first year or two after I moved to New York, I became one of those people who smugly

Note: this building is now gone. This building, at Metropolitan and Kent, always has some pretty great (and frequently changing)

I love that thousands of New Yorkers go about their business every day unaware of the countless eyes watching from

I was scouting a location in Sunnyside, Queens, and I happened to notice the fountains in a nearby apartment courtyard.

You know you’re going to school in New York City when this is the view out one side of the

As the MTA rehabilitates subway and train stations across the city, about 1% of its annual budget is allotted for