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Re: New MOCs: Some really tiny NYC landmarks
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Thu, 2 Jan 2003 21:35:52 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Sean Kenney writes:
> All:
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> Hi there, everyone! Over the weekend I made some super-tiny scale New York
> City landmarks. Each is no more than a few inches tall... I made the
> CitiGroup Center, the Empire State Building, the UN, and the Woolworth Building.
Yay...buildings in a scale I can recreate!
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> The Citigroup Center has a recessed plaza, St. Peter's church, and an
> underground subway line:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Buildings/Mini-NYC/citigroup1.jpg
I think this is my favorite building. I had heard the story about the
Citigroup Center before...and it has always fascinated me.
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> The Empire State Building was inspired by (and modeled after) Rick Ruiz's
> mini Empire State. I added the "red white and blue" nighttime lighting, and
> modified the base a bit from his design:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Buildings/Mini-NYC/esb1.jpg
> (Rick's model was uploaded recently, and can be found here:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=30152 )
Very nice...fits in well with your others.
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> The UN Plaza has the Secretariat building, the General Assembly building
> with its dome roof, lots of flagpoles, and the recessed highway underneath:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Buildings/Mini-NYC/un_2.jpg
Great job here as well, I like the flagpoles, and the highway, as well as
the other lanscaping details.
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> The Woolworth building was a quickie, just a simple rendition of the classic
> skyscraper:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Buildings/Mini-NYC/woolworth_1.jpg
Very nice as well.
-Kevin
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| (...) LOL! :) Yeah, these buildings are a vast departure from my 5-foot-tall skyscrapers and whatnot... probably better too, because it saves me a lot of money and they're quick to build! :) Glad you liked them. Sean (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| All: Hi there, everyone! Over the weekend I made some super-tiny scale New York City landmarks. Each is no more than a few inches tall... I made the CitiGroup Center, the Empire State Building, the UN, and the Woolworth Building. The Citigroup (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !!
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