nickcarr
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Is This Times Square Grate A Portal To Another Dimension?
Last week, I was scouting a building in Times Square. After, I was standing on that large grate on the island between 45th & 46th checking my email… …when all of a sudden, I noticed something… What the hell was that noise coming up from below? Here’s a recording I took with my phone: At…
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The Bronx Is The Friendliest Borough In NYC
Of all the Boroughs, the one I’ve barely touched in my career as a scout is the Bronx. Sure, I’ve scouted the Zoo, and the Botanical Gardens, and Riverdale, and all the other places people typically mean when they say “Oh, I’ve been to the Bronx.” But not the real Bronx. Then, last March, I…
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The Apartment Building In the Shadow of Yankee Stadium
For the past five months, I’ve been working on a movie shooting exclusively in the Bronx, and almost every day, I’ve driven up Jerome Avenue, passing Gate 2 of Yankee Stadium on the right… …and this gorgeous art deco building on the left, located at 1005 Jerome Avenue: Built in 1931, the mammoth 8-story, six-bay-wide…
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A Strange Neighborhood in the Bronx
Last week, I was driving around in a southeastern area of the Bronx… …when the road I was following came to an abrupt end, with a series of signs forcing me to turn right. I turned… …and all of a sudden, it was like I was in a completely different world. The streets had become…