Ghost Signs

We came across this photo on Scouting New York and wanted to post it. It’s a “ghost sign” or a sign for a business that no longer exists. It has great atmosphere with the old building behind and then the style of the letters with that touch of rust…add the snow on top of it [...]

Tower Power

We love reading Scouting New York, a blog by the once-anonymous Nick Carr, a film location scout in NYC. A couple of days ago he posted some amazing pictures of 570 Lexington—originally built for RCA-Victor, then sold to GE, and finally donated to Columbia University. The building is an Art Deco-lover’s dream with beautiful details [...]