Inside A Williamsburg Bar That’s Been Boarded Up For Nearly 19 Years: Scouting What Remains Of The Ship’s Mast
A couple of years ago, I wrote about a little boarded up storefront at the corner of North 5th & Berry in Williamsburg:
Abandoned In The Caribbean: The Ruins And Beauty of St. John
The best part of St. John is walking through the forest – and then seeing something like this appear through the trees:
Exploring New York City’s Ghost Airport – A Trip To Floyd Bennet Field
This is the entrance to New York City’s ghost airport: Floyd Bennett Field.
Scouting An Abandoned Cold War Missile Base Hidden In The Adirondacks
Quick note: Though you may have read about this property before, most articles have simply reprinted the same stock real estate photos over and over. As always, all pictures are my own work, and I don’t think you’ll find a tour like this anywhere else. When you first see it in the distance, you wouldn’t…
Reader Emails About The Little Abandoned Terra-Cotta Building!
I was thrilled that so many of you love the little building under the 59th Street bridge as much as I do. I received a bunch of emails about the old Terra-Cotta Works, including one from someone whose great great grandfather worked there from around 1910 to 1920 and took of the building when it…
Will The Little Building Under The Bridge Be Saved??
One of my favorite structures in New York City is the little abandoned building under the 59th Street Bridge.
Exploring The Abandoned Pfizer Chemical Plant in Brooklyn
Today, Pfizer is the largest pharmaceutical company in the world, with dozens of factories and research labs across the country, over 100,000 employees, and hundreds of billions in revenue. Amazing to think it all got started in a now-empty factory on the border between South Williamsburg and Bed-Stuy. Pfizer was founded as a fine chemicals…
A Crashed Jet Abandoned in the NJ Woods
This past Memorial Day, we set out to find a treasure hidden in the New Jersey woods. We drove an hour west of the city to a pleasant area of New Jersey, then turned off into an unassuming residential neighborhood and parked at the end of a cul-de-sac. Just off the street, we found a…
Scouting An Abandoned Children’s Camp
Driving by, you’d only know it as a horse ranch, offering boarding services, hay, and horse trailers. But go up a dirt road in the back, and you’ll find a magical secret… An entire children’s sleepaway camp, dating to 1950, that has been abandoned for more than 15 years. Camp Wishe had everything you could…
Exploring The Abandoned McKittrick Hotel on West 27th Street
Since I became a location scout, it’s been my dream to get into the old McKittrick Hotel at 530 West 27th Street. Built in 1939, the McKittrick Hotel is said to have been one of New York City’s finest, providing lavish accommodations on a far more intimate level than larger hotels like the Waldorf~Astoria or…