If I Were Embarking On An Amazing Adventure…
…I’m pretty sure this van would be the optimal choice for transportation.
Canoe? Check. Extra gallon of gas? Check. Antlers on the hood? Check. Let’s roll.
(Seen in Williamsburg, of course).
-SCOUT
Similar Posts
The Jungles of West 28th Street – Exploring New York’s Flower District
I was scouting near Chelsea the other day, and happened to walk through one of my all-time favorite green spaces in the city: West 28th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues. To properly start the journey into the jungles of West 28th Street, begin on 6th Avenue just south of the McDonalds. There, you’ll find…
Where Racquetballs Go To Die
I’ve been scouting warehouse rooftops in Brooklyn on the East River recently. Though this one in Greenpoint has a pretty great view… …what really impressed me is that I had apparently stumbled into racquetball heaven! There were dozens and dozens of racquetballs all over the roof, which I can only assume are from kids playing…
The Angels by the Brooklyn Bridge
One of my favorite things to stumble across are bits of architectural ornamentation that are nearly invisible from the street. Case in point: 150 Nassau, near the Brooklyn Bridge. Looking up from the ground, this is the view. You can tell there’s a bit of detailing at the top, but it’s too difficult to really…
A Forgotten Sign in Times Square
To find one of my all time favorite signs in Times Square, you have to go a few blocks from the neon lights and hi-def LCD screens of New York’s bustling epicenter… …to the corner of 42nd Street and Ninth Avenue, an intersection that has remained defiantly seedy despite literally existing in the shadows of…
A Closer Look at the PS 110 Owls
A few weeks ago, I wrote about PS 110, an elementary school located just south of the Williamsburg Bridge… …whose roof is lined with a number of really great stone owls (a parliament of owls, to use the correct phrasing!). I notice the owls every time I cross the Williamsburg Bridge, and I mentioned in…
Searching for the Lost Pool at the Hotel St. George
A few months ago, I was researching Brooklyn’s Hotel St. George for my article on The Godfather’s shooting locations… …and found myself fascinated by its former indoor pool, now long gone: Once the largest hotel in the United States and occupying an entire city block of interconnected buildings in Brooklyn Heights, the 30-story Hotel St….
8 Comments
Comments are closed.
My brother once went on a criss-cross US road trip with a friend. They had a similar set-up.
They skipped the canoe, and instead strapped a full waterbed mattress to the top of the van to have water the whole way. A ‘single’ waterbed mattress can hold about 125-130 gallons… that’s a long way between refills.
A.
Wow, love this van.
what year is it??
I hope that canoe is used and is not just there for posterity’s sake.
i see this down in red hook a lot as well. such a rad van!
Nick, A buddy of mine here in FL has an old air conditioned VW van. The air conditioning comes from the rust holes in the body. Perhaps it is needless to say that it doesn’t look this good. 🙂
OH, I love this van! Looking at it makes my heart skip a beat.
This van belongs to Billy – one of cutest dogs to pound Brooklyn pavement. I love Billy.
Billy parked his butt in the passenger seat while his owner (man’s best friend, and all that…) traversed Brooklyn streets in search of a blank canvas pleading for some color……
Their street art in Williamsburg & Red Hook was ubiquitous and always signed, “Love, Billy”
Well, Scout, to each his own. My choice would be this bus, often parked above Cooper Union:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/klg19/tags/guagua/