Happy Holidays From Bellevue Hospital
The old Administration Building at Bellevue Hospital, America’s oldest public hospital, is one of my favorite buildings in New York City.
Reader Emails About The Little Abandoned Terra-Cotta Building!
I was thrilled that so many of you love the little building under the 59th Street bridge as much as I do. I received a bunch of emails about the old Terra-Cotta Works, including one from someone whose great great grandfather worked there from around 1910 to 1920 and took of the building when it…
Will The Little Building Under The Bridge Be Saved??
One of my favorite structures in New York City is the little abandoned building under the 59th Street Bridge.
Plagiarism is the Sincerest Form of Flattery: Thanks, Daily News!
Dear Daily News, Several alert readers have pointed out that today’s newspaper has an article entitled “Tree grows through office at Cove Auto Towing in Queens” by Barry Paddock – just days after I published my own piece about a tree growing through an office at Cove Auto Towing in Queens! No mention of Scouting…
But Can You Sit? Amusing Sign of the Week
Seen in a Queens apartment lobby: Rough. I did my best to crouch. -SCOUT
The Best Fast Food Burger In NYC – Petey’s Burger!
One of the few job perks of being a location scout: the studio gives us $10 for lunch. Woo! The Scout Lunch is a look at some of my favorite restaurants in New York to spend that $10 at. Those in the know call it the In’N’Out of Queens. That alone should merit a trip…
Santaria At Old Trinity Cemetery
Last week, I was scouting the Church of the Intercession in Washington Heights… …and after, I took a quick swing through Old Trinity Cemetery to see if I could find anything…weird.
Puzzler Answer! Where Is This Photogenic NY Lake?
Director: I need an upstate New York lake. Foliage. Picturesque, secluded, quiet, and NO city buildings on the horizon. Producer: Scouts! Time to mobilize! But remember – you have to find the lake in the five boroughs or the unions will break my legs. Panicked Newbie Scout: Where are we going to find anything like…
Locations Puzzler: Where Was This Photo Taken?
A beautiful autumn day on a secluded New York lake. Endless blue sky stretches out over its perfectly mirrored surface. No sounds to be heard other than the rustle of leaves. OK, enough of that. Where was this photo taken?? Give it your best guess in the comments – a general region or area (Catskills,…
A Tree Grows in Queens (Right Through An Auto Body Shop!)
I was driving down 27th Ave in Astoria the other day when a rather large tree in front of an auto body shop caught my eye. Nothing too special about a random tree…but something didn’t seem right… …And then I realized: was that tree growing through the auto body shop??