Note: this building is now gone.
This building, at Metropolitan and Kent, always has some pretty great (and frequently changing) graffiti, but I especially love the enormous hand that showed up several months ago.
It makes me laugh everytime I pass by it. There’s something so direct and obvious about it – “Here’s the door, idiot.” Haha.
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I figured today was the perfect day to post one of my all-time favorite EC Comics covers from the 1950s, by the brilliant Johnny Craig. I love that he included the NEW LOTS AVENUE designation – does that make this a 2/3 train? Happy Halloween!! -SCOUT
It’s been four stressful, hectic and bitter cold months, but our film is finally wrapped and I’m heading off today for a much needed vacation. So there’ll be a bit of a hiatus til the next post… …which I can’t resist at least mentioning now! I just had the incredible opportunity of scouting a children’s…
Today, I learned that in 1998, Ving Rhames won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Made For TV Movie – then got on stage and gave it to Jack Lemmon, who he had just beaten. Truly bad-ass. Why am I looking up Jack Lemmon? Check back in on Monday! -SCOUT
Let me speak on behalf of the little dog who was left to die in a snowstorm two nights ago: THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! My girlfriend and I just got back from dropping off our unexpected pal to her new home with a very warm and loving married couple, who I…
Yesterday, I received this e-mail from a reader: An interesting question. Really, how to put a value on content you’re used to getting for free? After much thought, I realized the only solution is to compare the enjoyment you get from Scouting NY to products you buy without much thought. In other words, if you…
Every week, I receive numerous requests from no/low budget filmmakers in search of New York City locations for cheap. Some I can help with; most, I simply don’t know where to begin. While it’s certainly possible to make low-budget films in New York, it often requires a personal connection to secure those more difficult locations…
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that’s an art gallery over on washington or greenwich right. i worked job right over there that was previously covered in someones iphoto gallery.
what’s funny about this building is that there’s an art gallery in there called SECRET PROJECT ROBOT, you can see the stencil on the corner with a tiny arrow, that was there for a long time before the mural with the hand. and we make the joke now when we go by – “hey, where do you think the SECRET project robot is?” “gosh I don’t know!”
Haha! That’s awesome!
i thought it was pretty funny too when i read the sign above the door and found it so odd that there is also a surf shop around the corner… i never thought i would ever see a surf shop in nyc
the writing above the door (right below the finger) says “live with animals” …or at least it used to. maybe a reference to the pig painting to the left of the door. or to the cleanliness of hipsters?