Exploring The (Nearly!) Empty Post Office Building On 8th Ave
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Exploring The (Nearly!) Empty Post Office Building On 8th Ave

The 8th Avenue Post Office is extremely film friendly – shoot me an email for details at nycscout@gmail.com! On October 9th & 10th, 2010, over 350 sites, tours, and events were made available to the public FREE for the annual Open House New York program. Open House New York is…well, an open house of New…

The Abandoned Palace At 5 Beekman Street
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The Abandoned Palace At 5 Beekman Street

Update 9/11/2013 – Been meaning to update for a while. 5 Beekman is NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR FILMING, EVENTS, OR ANY OTHER RENTAL PURPOSE due to ongoing construction. 5 Beekman Street has a secret. You’ve probably passed it a million times in your travels through downtown Manhattan. Certainly anyone who has ever visited J&R Row…

Lighting Up The Astor Place Cube (Or, Throwies on the Alamo)
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Lighting Up The Astor Place Cube (Or, Throwies on the Alamo)

On Saturday night, I was walking through Astor Place past the iconic “Alamo” sculpture (aka The Big Black Cube That Has Never Actually Been Called The Alamo By Anyone Ever Other Than The Artist’s Wife Who Named It) when I noticed it looking distinctly Christmas Tree-ish: I crossed to the island, where something neat was…

That Abandoned Rooftop Greenhouse on 60th Street
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That Abandoned Rooftop Greenhouse on 60th Street

From the ground, you’d never know there was anything special about the building at 409 East 60th Street… …but, as anyone who’s ever walked across the Queensboro Bridge knows, it has a pretty great rooftop secret… An abandoned rooftop greenhouse! And sadly, it won’t be around for much longer… The now-ruined skeleton covers the entire…