FEATURES

Battersby Brooklyn

By Sarah Williams
Left: Chef Walker Stern Right: Chef Joseph Ogrodnek

Photo: Tuukka Koski

At Battersby, it’s all personal. Chef-owners Walker Stern and Joseph Ogrodnek have a long-standing friendship that’s taken them through culinary school to stints at some of the city’s best restaurants.

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Chuck Miller

By Caroline Hwang
Chuck Miller with his wife Jeanette Miller

Photo: Michael A. Muller

The Meatpacking District in New York is full of beautiful Manhattanites, working professionals, and stylish tourists who are staying at the nearby Gansevoort Hotel and the Standard. So when you…

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Journal: Clift San Francisco

By Michael Muller
Frontside view of the Clift from Geary Street

Photo: Michael A. Muller

On a recent trip to San Francisco, the Clift hotel was the central figure and home base on a quick three-day stay during the onset of autumn in…

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RESULTS FOR "Records"

Retail

Photo: The Studio

Turntable Lab Annex

Design and music go hand in hand. From Peter Saville’s legendary work with Factory Records to Eric Haze’s logo designs for Public Enemy. Turntable Lab recognized this since its launch. read more »

Photo: Staff

Turntable Lab

The current music landscape can be a daunting one, considering that any bedroom musician is capable of releasing an album. In these digital times, it’s essential to separate the mountain… read more »

Vitsœ New York, 33 Bond Street

Photo: Jordan Provost © 2009

Vitsœ

The stretch of Bond Street between Lafayette and Bowery is no stranger to design. It’s cobblestone road can lay claim to a surfeit of attractive shops and home to the… read more »

Features

House Industries founder Andy Cruz at his home office.

Photo: Rose Callahan

House Rules

Ogling the archives at the House Industries studio in pastoral Delaware can only be likened to digging through the crates of a great record collector. All sorts of gems are… read more »

Textile & Objects shop 1961

Photo: Todd Webb courtesy of máXimo

Meet the Neuharts

We were first smitten with the work of Marilyn and John Neuhart upon discovering the handcrafted, colorful dolls that Marilyn created on commission for Alexander Girard’s Textile & Objects Shop… read more »

Alex and Companies

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 »

Events

Roof in Brooklyn Navy yard

Photo: Sarah Palmer

Rooftop Films

For those of us city dwellers with the frequent urge (but not always as frequent ability) to rise above it all, the annual Rooftop Films Summer Series offers… read more »

Spencer Finch, The River That Flows Both Ways

Photo: CreativeTime

Spencer Finch: The River That Flows Both Ways

We heard Spencer Finch speak last spring about his anticipated installation for the High Line, The River That Flows Both Ways, and really liked his thinking…. read more »

Blog

Record Store Day happens on April 18 this year

Photo: Record Store Day

Record Store Day

Record stores are suffering from illegal downloads and digital retailers like Amazon and itunes. The tangible form isn’t as respected or preferred any longer. Licensing, merchandising, and touring have become… read more »

Eames Office model constructed by John Neuhart

Photo: Wright 20

Charles and Ray Eames Archive

This is incredibly amazing and heartbreaking at the same time. Along with the Eames Foundation, Marilyn and John Neuhart have been the gate keepers of the Eames legacy for the… read more »

Interior of the Eames House

Photo: Eames Office

Randomness 06.15.09

• The Eameses were ahead of their time, developing a prefab house of their own. Next week the Eames Foundation will celebrate the house’s 60th anniversary. The NY… read more »

TOURS

The Bacon Tour

By David Tez

Photo: Staff

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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