More Odd Yonkers Signage…
First No Balloons in the Library, then You Can’t Stop Oprah…And now this:
Then again, why not? “Notice: Employees Only,” “Danger High Voltage Keep Out,” and while we’re at it, “Don’t Be So Bad Kids.” Works for me.
-SCOUT
First No Balloons in the Library, then You Can’t Stop Oprah…And now this:
Then again, why not? “Notice: Employees Only,” “Danger High Voltage Keep Out,” and while we’re at it, “Don’t Be So Bad Kids.” Works for me.
-SCOUT
So how is the abandoned pit bull that everyone helped to rescue doing in her new home? Er, resting comfortably! I just got an email from her new owners, and I’m happy to report that everything is going great! “Penelope” is now a resident of Washington, D.C. When she arrived at her new home, she…
I must have walked past the entrance to Marble Cemetery on Second Ave (btw. 2nd & 3rd Sts.) countless times before I first noticed its existence (and I’m guessing I’m not the only one). Sandwiched between two buildings is this iron gate (technically 41 1/2 Second Ave), which is locked 99% of the year. Even…
Hey everyone, Join me tonight at the Apple Store Soho, where I’ll be giving a presentation on all things locations! The event begins at 6pm at 72 Greene Street (the Prince Street location is under renovations), and I’ll be talking about pretty much everything, from my first job working for Tom Cruise, to some really…
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…
A great little bodega, the 100th Street Candy Store, wedged in between two much larger buildings on West 100th Street btw. Manhattan Ave and CPW: They’ve got it all, including “lotery tickets and things!” I really like signs with colored lights around the border. -SCOUT
I really don’t know Red Hook. I’ve been down once or twice before for shoots at the shipping docks, but I’ve always thought of it as a no-man’s-land. Among other reasons, there isn’t a subway anywhere in the area (the water taxi is the fastest option to the city), which pretty much kills it as…