Dear Scouting NY Reader! It’s been a while! I’ve been working on something new and wante...
I happened to read that disease-themed movies like Outbreak and Contagion are soaring in streaming v...
Rocky is so damn big of a movie, its title doesn’t even fit in one frame. For THE film that li...
In the past few weeks, we’ve had a non-stop surge of shitty surprises, to the point that it...
Last week, in the midst of packing for a pretty big move, I decided to take a break and do something...
There’s a saying when it comes to location scouting in New York City: if you can’t find ...
Some time ago, I was walking down West 55th Street in midtown when I happened to notice a peculiar b...
This past week, I was heading to a show at Madison Square Garden when I happened to notice a buildin...
For the past week, I’ve been scouting dozens of construction sites around Brooklyn and Queens,...
I know this is super last minute, but the Tabernacle of Prayer church will be offering a tour of the...
Hey everyone – Just reminder that I’ll be speaking this Thursday in the Hollywood Locati...
In case you’ve ever wondered what the top of New York looks like, here it is! Last weekend, so...
Some time ago, I was scouting Upper West Side lobbies when I came to the apartment building at 253 W...
There is nothing more seemingly antithetical to New York than its armories. In a city where every bu...
Hey guys – Thrilled to announce that I’ll be participating in the Hollywood Location Sco...
This past weekend, I was scouting one of those gargantuan pre-war beauties along Riverside Drive. Wh...
This past weekend, my wife and I headed up north to visit her family, who live way (way!) upstate. A...
Last week, I was scouting around midtown when I happened to notice the building at 34th Street and F...
Over the past week, I’ve been taking I-87 North to scout in Rockland County… …whic...
Walk down East 2nd Street off of Bowery, and you’ll pass by Albert’s Garden, a small com...
A while back, I was driving around southern Long Island when I happened to pass by Valley Stream Hig...
For years, I’ve been interested in scouting the Gates of Hell. Which, oddly enough, happens to...
Hi folks – really exciting announcement today. Over the years, I’ve been approached by n...
This week, Scouting NY is taking a frame-by-frame, then-and-now look at The Naked City. Shot on loca...
The Naked City, a 1948 film noir from producer Mark Hellinger, was filmed in New York City at a time...
One of my favorite things to stumble across are bits of architectural ornamentation that are nearly ...
As I was scouting around Wall Street this past weekend, I noticed a number of tourists taking pictur...
Hey folks – For a week now, I’ve been working on my latest then-and-now movie locations ...
A few months ago, I had to charter a boat to take scout pictures of Davids Island, located in Long I...
One of the things I love most about New York City’s prettiest subway station is the way it une...
Last month, COS (H&M’s sister brand) opened a store at 129 Spring Street in Soho, and it&#...
A few days ago, I was in the lobby of a Manhattan apartment building waiting to speak with the doorm...
Whenever I go up to scout Lyndhurst Castle, railroad tycoon Jay Gould’s former estate on the H...
Before you cast a disparaging eye on the movie I’ve chosen for this week’s then-and-now ...
OK, so that time machine I spotted in the Bronx was definitely one of the weirdest cars I’ve e...
At long last, Scouting NY is finally on Instagram! I often put up pictures of the random interesting...
Last year, I wrote about one of my favorite Times Square eateries, the Cafe Edison, affectionately k...
Got some bad news. Last year I wrote about Mishkin’s, a classic New York City drug store at 14...
Last week, I was taking pictures of the bridge over 96th Street on Riverside Drive… …whe...
I noticed the side of this house while scouting a neighborhood in Queens and was quite impressed. I ...
On Call Hollow Road, in the Pomona/Stony Point area about 25 miles north of the city, there is a tra...
This week, I’ve been scouting for abandoned houses in the woods, and happened to come across t...
Hey everyone – A huge thank you to everyone who responded last week to my call for help on my ...
I figured today was the perfect day to post one of my all-time favorite EC Comics covers from the 19...
Last week, I was scouting a hospital basement for interesting spaces when I happened to notice somet...
Did you know Lucy and Desi lived on the Upper East Side? I had no idea, but apparently, their apartm...
Last week, I was heading home from a day of scouting in Westchester when I found myself passing thro...
One of my all-time, hands-down, most favorite places to explore in New York City is the abandoned ho...
When you first come to Eighth Avenue between 43rd & 44th, it appears to be nothing more than a s...
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Scouting NY A Movie Location Scout's Guide To The Big Apple
