You’re Being Watched

Posted by Scout on September 18th, 2009

I was driving down 3rd Ave when I saw some amusing graffiti out of the corner of my eye on this building…

In case you didn’t notice the inconspicuous security camera…

Ha, great. Made me laugh.

-SCOUT

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6 comments to You’re Being Watched

Christopher

September 18, 2009 at 10:35 am · Reply

Awesome. “That” building, of course, is the Cooper Union dorms.
Steph Mineart

September 19, 2009 at 5:43 am · Reply

Someone around Indianapolis has helpfully stenciled a picture of a video camera in lots of places where you’re under surveillance:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/electrasteph/234410991/
Winston Smith

September 20, 2009 at 6:01 pm · Reply

… Big Brother.
Jim O'Neill

October 15, 2009 at 8:25 pm · Reply

>Then, Travis meets up with his cabbie buddies at an unknown grease joint. As far as I can tell, this isn’t the Belmore Restaurant nor The Terminal/Exchange bar featured later on in the film. Anyone have any idea where this might have been? There’s a full-block Hess across the street, if that helps. It’s the station where ALL the cabbies go. For gas.

I’m pretty sure it’s a former tiny coffee shop on 10th Avenue between 44th and 45th, across from a Hess that’s stilll there. I will be passing there tomorrow, so I can get a better look at the place.
Jim O'Neill

October 15, 2009 at 8:27 pm · Reply

Sorry, that coding seems to have gotten somewhat mangled:

Then, Travis meets up with his cabbie buddies at an unknown grease joint. As far as I can tell, this isn’t the Belmore Restaurant nor The Terminal/Exchange bar featured later on in the film. Anyone have any idea where this might have been? There’s a full-block Hess across the street, if that helps.

I’m pretty sure it’s a former tiny coffee shop on 10th Avenue between 44th and 45th, across from a Hess that’s stilll there. It’s the station where ALL the cabbies go. For gas.

I will be passing there tomorrow, so I can get a better look at the place.
Jim O'Neill

October 20, 2009 at 6:55 pm · Reply

OK. The best I can estimate: The building across from the Hess station was torn down. What’s there now is no older than the 80s, I think. It is where 44-1/2 (the adjunct to the restaurant 44&X) is situated.

Here’s the current view of the Hess station:
http://tinyurl.com/ygpat25

And here’s the view directly across from Hess:
http://tinyurl.com/ykzokhk

If you can get a sharper image of that still, you should be able to see the street sign (probably reading 10th Avenue).

And of course, I could be totally wrong.