Thursday, April 8, 2010

A Bit of the French Quarter in Hell's Kitchen

Photo Credit: Scouting New York

Scouting New York is a great blog run by a film location scout living in New York City.  "Scout" spends his (?) days looking for interesting locations to film movies and television - and then he blogs about what he finds.  Recently Scout found a carriage house behind a gate and down a narrow alley (above) about 5 blocks away from my apartment.  Check out what's back there...

Photo Credit: Scouting New York

Isn't that gorgeous?!?  It reminds me of the architecture of New Orleans' French Quarter and is so unlike anything else in my neighborhood.  It is also well-hidden - I've walked down that block before and never noticed it.

Apparently this structure dates back to the days when Times Square/Hell's Kitchen was still farmland, and it's HAUNTED. For all the details, check out Scouting New York.