nickcarr
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Exploring the Secrets of the Astral Apartments
Stretching a full city block on Franklin Ave (between India and Java) is one of Brooklyn’s most interesting apartment buildings, The Astral, built in 1885/86 by industrialist/philanthropist Charles Pratt (namesake to Pratt Institute), and looking pretty much the same nearly 130 years later. Designed in the Queen Anne style, its facade is a fascinating assortment…
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Harvard House Motel
In Los Feliz, there’s a place called the Harvard House Motel, and I like to think that at least once in its 79-year existence, someone booked a room believing it to have some association with the university, if only in grandeur. And I would pay quite a bit to see that check-in.
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The Creepiest Security Guard You’ll Ever Meet
A while back, I was in the middle of taking scout pictures of an office building lobby when I suddenly noticed something: a security guard staring at me from his booth in the back, arms crossed, clearly not happy with what I was up to. It happens all the time: management gives me the OK…
