new york city

  • Did Scouting NY Readers Help A Guy Get Engaged?

    Did Scouting NY Readers Help A Guy Get Engaged?

    A few weeks ago, I ran a post about a guy who emailed me for help in finding a unique New York location to propose to his girlfriend. I turned the question over to Scouting NY readers asking for original ideas (not the Empire State Building observatory!), and we received a ton of really great…

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  • Latest NYC Graffiti Helps You Take Good Pictures!

    Latest NYC Graffiti Helps You Take Good Pictures!

    There’s a pretty great photo op of the Empire State Building at 33rd & Park – at least, when New York isn’t inundated with snow like it was today. If you’d like to recreate the above angle, it should be pretty simple… Someone marked the spot for you! Nice. Apparently, the same stencil can be…

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  • What’s Going On With This Red Mini-Van?

    What’s Going On With This Red Mini-Van?

    I was shooting some buildings around Madison Ave in the 20’s Tuesday (just before the snowpocalypse of 2010 hit) when I noticed this red minivan parked illegally. Specifically, what caught my eye was not the car itself, but rather the weird wire coming out of the rear window, running into the gas tank, coming back…

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  • An Office With A View

    An Office With A View

    Pretty decent view to have from your office desk… -SCOUT

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