The Mast Brothers Chocolate factory occupies only three rooms in a nondescript building in Williamsburg. The first doubles as a storefront that opens on the weekend to customers with much…
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Photo: Mindy Best
The Mast Brothers Chocolate factory occupies only three rooms in a nondescript building in Williamsburg. The first doubles as a storefront that opens on the weekend to customers with much…
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Photo: Rose Callahan
The partners behind Roman & Williams, Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch are anti minimalists. It’s apparent in the spaces they create.
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Photo: Rose Callahan
Billykirk’s studio is surrounded by things, equipments, flat files, paintings, photos, and memories.
Read MoreToshiki Okazaki moved his beloved design bookshop, Zakka over the East River in 2007 after many years in Manhattan. Settling into a much larger space with similar aesthetic. read more »
Nestled on the busy street of West 4th in the West Village one wouldn’t expect to find a gallery as charming as this one. read more »
English designer, writer, restaurateur, and retailer Sir Terence Conran opened his first retail space in New York in 1999. read more »
Several blocks south from bustling Smith Street sits a quiet Japanese restaurant in Cobble Hill called Hibino. The restaurant is a collaborative effort between two chefs and a graphic designer. read more »
For the past several years the Vendley brothers have been setting up their Mexican food cart on the corner of Prince and Wooster Street in SoHo. Their specialty mix of… read more »
Communication between friends these days has been reduced to brisk emails, text messages, and IM’s. In spite of these trends, enormouschampion understands the meaning and pleasure of sending a hand… read more »

Photo: Jordan Provost
Alex Calderwood has a history of turning nothing into something. He looks at unloved and abandoned spaces with an optimistic eye, seeing potential to infuse them with new life, art,… read more »

Photo: Rose Callahan
Brothers Chris and Kirk Bray have been producing leather goods for the last ten years. They launched Billykirk from Los Angeles in 1999, learning their craft from a third generation… read more »
Tadashi Kawamata latest installation from his ongoing work of tree huts is taking place at Madison Square Park. He is best known for his site specific installations that explores urban… read more »
For the past three years from September 2005 to July 2008 the Guggenheim underwent an extensive restoration to Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic building. To compliment the completion of the restoration,… read more »
The ever changing concept shop, Den in the East Village is changing it up a bit this month. Instead of featuring a clothing line, Den is teaming up… read more »
The fall season hasn’t stopped Brooklyn Based from hosting “The Big Brooklyn Pig Roast,” it might as well be summer. Next Friday evening starting at 6pm Kelly Geary… read more »
Ain’t it Cool News released a massive interview with Spike Jonze today. Speculation and rumors about whether Where the Wild Things Are would see the light of day… read more »
William S. Burroughs and Gus Van Sant crossed paths several times in their careers in the 80’s. Many know about Burroughs’s appearance in Drugstore Cowboy as Tom the Priest. However,… 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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