Scott Morrison is the Sean Parker of denim. Though not as ubiquitous as facebook, Morrison has had a string of successes with the launch of Paper Denim & Cloth and…
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Scott Morrison is the Sean Parker of denim. Though not as ubiquitous as facebook, Morrison has had a string of successes with the launch of Paper Denim & Cloth and…
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For years surfing in NYC was reserved for the die hards. Even though the Atlantic Ocean is minutes away, the urban density didn’t make transporting a surfboard an easy task….
Read MorePotatoes are a significant part of Swedish culture. On Cape Bjare, in the south of Sweden, the soil they grow in is referred to as farmer’s gold. The country grows…
Read MoreA little treasure of a shop is waiting for you in the heart of Red Hook, Brooklyn. Erie Basin is a perfectly curated store specializing in vintage jewelry and objects… read more »

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Zak and Gillette Wing worked at Housing Works together before opening their store, Holler & Squall in 2009. The second part of their name “Things Unlimited” perfectly describes what this… read more »

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Shop owner David Alperin is rooted in his family’s heritage. Being a 4th generation Brooklyn Heights man, he decided to open his new concept shop in the neighborhood and gave… read more »
Rob Upritchard from New Zealand is a jewelry designer that prefers to use one of the most common stones, granite, over precious ones, sourcing them while hiking through… read more »

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Atlantic Avenue is constantly changing. The end of this street divides three of the most affluent neighborhoods in Brooklyn – Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights. Strangely enough, it… read more »

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Last week we visited Holler & Squall, the quaint antique shop on Atlantic Avenue. This week, just a few storefronts up, is David Alperin’s Goose Barnacle, a new menswear store… read more »
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,…
Read MoreThe 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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