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Chow Mein
I love coming across forgotten neon signs for long-gone businesses, and old Chinese restaurants are among my favorite — This chow mein sign used to hang above a photocopy place (also out of business!) at 823 Nostrand in Brooklyn (now a florist, sign sadly removed). Also, fascinated by whoever thought to put such an artsy…
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The Little Details
I’ve been a location scout for 20+ years and it’s funny, whenever I’m at a new place, my mind will notice some little detail and instantly make this sort of Sherlock Holmes-like prediction. Like I just passed this house — And right away, my mind goes: “Ah, horse people.” Because the thing that stands out…
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The Abandoned Subway Entrance
And here’s why I love NYC: that weird thing you happened to come across? It always turns out to have some sort of interesting history to explain. For example, that tiny magazine shop I wrote about yesterday with the tree growing through it — A reader commented that the reason for this odd cut-out is…
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The Magic Tree on 6th Ave
I have this massive folder of pictures from my location scouting days in New York City, of totally random things I’d come across in my travels. Like, this magazine stand on 6th Avenue that appears to magically have a tree growing through the middle of it – I remember walking by this place and always…