April 2010 – Scouting NY

Awesome NY Souvenir Map From The 50’s

This past Christmas, my aunt gave me a really neat gift she found in storage. Apparently, my grandmother took a […]

Note: Most of this has since been torn down. When I heard the rumors that Satan’s real estate division, Thor

There’s a strange little building at the corner of Lafayette and Howard Street, and for years, I’ve wondered what the

I was walking down West 58th Street when I saw it: exactly half a brownstone (12.5 feet), gloriously smooshed between

I was scouting around the West 50’s recently when I noticed a really interesting building on West 59th I’d never

Have you ever seen those I Spy children’s books? Each page features a large picture of a whimsical location filled

As far as I’m concerned, Cortlandt Alley between Walker and White Streets is the most beautiful of Manhattan’s few remaining

Nothing beats days when you’re asked to scout something as unusual as a crypt. Though you’d expect location scouting would

Every Friday, I try to put together a post of random tidbits from my week in scouting. Enjoy! While scouting

No joke: this is one of the new spring window displays at Bergdorf Goodman. Yep, aliens have landed at Bergdorf

You probably know 570 Lexington as the skyscraper behind St. Bart’s Church: a towering 50-story behemoth of salmon brick, clearly

I was walking down West 46th Street in Hell’s Kitchen recently when I noticed a break in the buildings… Most