Dear Scouting NY Reader! It’s been a while! I’ve been working on something new and wanted to share it with you… On sale now is the first issue of Scout Stories, a 32-page digest-sized (5.5″ x 8.5″) full-color periodical consisting of personal stories and pictures taken from my long career as a movie location scout. …
I know this is super last minute, but the Tabernacle of Prayer church will be offering a tour of the unbelievable Valencia movie palace (read my full post here) THIS SATURDAY, July 18 at 11am! Tours are by appointment only! Contact Sister Forbes at 718-657-4210 ext. 20 to sign up. The tour is free, but…
Hey everyone – Just reminder that I’ll be speaking this Thursday in the Hollywood Location Scouts panel at Comic-Con! From the program: Working closely with the director and production designer, location scouts are the artists who translate the script into reality by exploring the world to figure out exactly where the movies and TV shows…
Hey guys – Thrilled to announce that I’ll be participating in the Hollywood Location Scouts panel at this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego! Organized in association with the Location Managers Guild of America, also appearing will be fellow scouts/managers… Scott Trimble (Terminator: Genisys, Jurassic World) Stephenson Crossley (Fear the Walking Dead, Transformers: Revenge of the…
This past weekend, my wife and I headed up north to visit her family, who live way (way!) upstate. As we were driving along, I found myself playing around with the GPS map, and happened to notice something unusual: if you zoom-in on the northwestern tip of Vermont… …you’ll find an insanely small bit of…
Over the past week, I’ve been taking I-87 North to scout in Rockland County… …which means I’ve spent about an hour each day stuck in this: As anyone who travels it regularly knows, I-87 can be a hellhole of traffic due to the unholy convergence of multiple interstates and local bridges in the most inopportune…
Walk down East 2nd Street off of Bowery, and you’ll pass by Albert’s Garden, a small community garden midway up the block. If you happen to visit on a day when the gates are open, head inside and you’ll find a beautiful little East Village oasis maintained by local volunteers. But for something particularly special,…
As I was scouting around Wall Street this past weekend, I noticed a number of tourists taking pictures of the usual sights: the New York Stock Exchange, Federal Hall… However, no one seemed to be paying any attention to one of the more interesting historical remnants, found at 23 Wall Street. Swing around to the…
A few days ago, I was in the lobby of a Manhattan apartment building waiting to speak with the doorman when I happened to notice an old elevator in the corner. I stuck my head in to take a look… This is hands-down the most beautiful elevator I’ve ever come across in NYC. From the…
At long last, Scouting NY is finally on Instagram! I often put up pictures of the random interesting/pretty/funny/bizarre things I come across while scouting on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr…Finally breaking down and adding Instagram to the list. Join us, won’t you? And don’t worry, no 70s filters, I swear. -SCOUT