Abandoned
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Scouting An Abandoned Mental Asylum: A Visit To The Rockland Psychiatric Center, Part 1
I gotta admit, when I see a pair of worn iron gates… …what looks like an abandoned property in the distance… …and the side entrance slightly ajar… …ancient, rusted-over NO TRESPASSING signs might as well say ENTER HERE. What I didn’t realize is that these gates surround a massive, 600 acre insane asylum from the…
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Exploring The (Nearly!) Empty Post Office Building On 8th Ave
The 8th Avenue Post Office is extremely film friendly – shoot me an email for details at nycscout@gmail.com! On October 9th & 10th, 2010, over 350 sites, tours, and events were made available to the public FREE for the annual Open House New York program. Open House New York is…well, an open house of New…
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The Abandoned Palace At 5 Beekman Street
Update 9/11/2013 – Been meaning to update for a while. 5 Beekman is NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR FILMING, EVENTS, OR ANY OTHER RENTAL PURPOSE due to ongoing construction. 5 Beekman Street has a secret. You’ve probably passed it a million times in your travels through downtown Manhattan. Certainly anyone who has ever visited J&R Row…
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Exploring An Empty Church In Brooklyn
This is Greenpoint’s beautiful St. Elias Church, located on shady Kent Street. And yes, that’s a FOR RENT sign on the front. Once serving the community as both a church and Sunday school for more than 140 years, St. Elias is now completely empty, and has been since 2007, when the property was purchased by…