From time to time, The Scout will feature interborough food tours designed as culinary and geographic explorations of our fair city. Each has been field tested, in a single day,…
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The Tenenbaums
By Siobhan Vivian
Photo: Staff
The Royal Tenenbaums is Wes Anderson’s visual love letter to New York. Though never explicitly named, the film presents a stunningly constructed pastiche of the quirky, the kitschy and the…
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Alya Kazakevich
Art
By Raven Keller
Photo: Rose Callahan
On a damp and muggy summer morning on the Lower East Side, Alya Kazakevich slowly stitched up the edges of a leather coin purse and recalled her childhood in Eastern Europe.
Workstead
Architecture
By Tom Ran
Photo: Samuel Bristow
Stefanie Brechbuehler and Robert Highsmith, are the partners behind Workstead. The two met at Rhode Island School of Design while studying architecture and opened their studio in 2009, quietly developing interiors and lighting from their Brooklyn and Hudson Valley studios. It wasn’t until two years ago that their work gained more recognition after the opening of the wildly popular Wythe Hotel.
M.Nii John Moore
Style / Fashion
By Tom Ran
Photo: Tom McBride
The photo is one of the few relics that remain of M.Nii’s history. An image that recalls the golden age of American surf culture. Three friends in front of a wooden shack, one of whom is caught clearing his nasal passage while a friend next to him arches his back as if he were riding a wave off the beach of O’ahu. The photo was taken in 1959, just outside M.Nii Tailor where an obscure but revered surfwear began.
Classic Car Club
Automotive
By Tom Ran
Photo: Tuukka Koski
Michael Prichinello has a passion for life and speed. His eyes light up whenever he talks about one of his cars or a motorcycle project he’s working on with a friend. The excitement he expresses is contagious. It’s easy when you’re in a showroom and garage surrounded by some of the world’s most desired cars.
What’s In Store? – Outlier
What’s In Store
By Andrew Craig
Photo: Rose Callahan
Outlier’s conceptions is a testament to the uniquely serendipitous moments that life sometimes offers. Abe Burmeister and Tyler Clemens wanted to design a new breed of functional, smartly styled clothing that could stand up to exhausting bike rides as easily as a desk job or night out without the need for a shower and change in between. Neither had any design experience.
I am Dandy - Rose Callahan
Style / Fashion
By Tom Ran
Photo: Rose Callahan from I am Dandy, Copyright Gestalten 2013
Aside from shooting many of our features Rose Callahan has been working on a project of her own called The Dandy Portraits. For the past four years, the series has brought us into the homes of men who are more than particular about their wardrobe. It’s a fascinating look into the lives of these dapper dudes.
