Yep, it’s true – SNY has sold out. For those who might be interested, I was asked by the NY Post to write a retrospective of my ten favorite New York City finds for their Sunday edition, which was published today (pgs. 26-27).
I’ve been thinking of putting together a print column for a while, and out of the blue, an editor from the Post emailed me. If anyone reading happens to work for a periodical or magazine that might be interested in a weekly/monthly Scouting NY column (ahemNYTimesNewYorkMagazineTimeOutNY), this gives you a great idea of what it could look like (though for a weekly, it would have to be reduced to 2-3 posts).
OK, enough shameless shilling…New posts coming tomorrow!
-SCOUT
Congrats! Nice article
-s-
Best of luck getting a column! The more people who see the hidden treasure of this city, the better.
Great article – a little bit of history of the unknown in New York.
Could you give us a better scan so those of us outside of NYC can read?
Thanks!
That is awesome. Congrats!
Your photo of 19 West 49 St – Skinniest Building is one
that I didn’t know of. BUT…. there is one that is reportedly
thinner: 75 1/2 Bedford St in the Village. It is 9 1/2 feet
wide. You might check it out. It has a placque mentioning
the notable people that have lived there.
==john chappell
Hey John -
I actually mentioned that in the original article, but it was edited out for space. It’s a great building, but it almost feels at home in the West Village…Whereas the midtown place just feels totally alien to its surroundings.
-s
Scout -
Great work! Ditto on better scan – I recognize a few of the photos, but would love to see the 10.
oh wait… public service…
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07262009/news/regionalnews/hidden_gems_of_a_lost_city_181480.htm
Congratulations! I’ve already visited several gems already thanks to this blog. I even went up to the West Side just to see the phone booths.
Terrific–congratulations! And, at last, the mystery of your gender solved…
Congrats! Well done and I hope you get more and more offers like that! keep up the great work!
I’ve looked at the pictures at the New York Post Web site and it seems obvious to me that the skinniest building is actually one remaining bay of a building that used to be wider than that. I think the roofing details demonstrate that. It’s like what you see with Colonnade Row. At least one of the buildings, probably the one to the skinny building’s left (as you face it), decided to chop away part of the building and leave part of the building. Maybe the intention was to let light and air into the big building they were constructing.