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 Posted - April 04 2015 : 10:17:31 AM
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Since response to my Highrise was so positive and I was encouraged to post more, I'll show off another. I did this one four years ago. It started out as two DPM M.T. Arms Hotel kits. It a flat to goes up again a wall on the layout. I call it the 'Oneida Block'. I documented this build pretty completely so I will share the process with you. I hope all you enjoy.    
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Posted - April 04 2015 : 10:34:50 AM
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That's really great! I love the detail in all the windows and the multiple businesses at street level. I wanna eat at "The Coffee Cup!"
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 Posted - April 04 2015 : 11:01:32 AM
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Gary,
That is a cool building, Thanks for sharing.
Regards, John
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Posted - April 04 2015 : 11:05:03 AM
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You're inspiring me to get back to working on buildings Gary. Looking forward to seeing more of your work 
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Posted - April 04 2015 : 11:45:49 AM
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THIS is why I should have you detail my buildings & I can put them together hehe 
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Posted - April 04 2015 : 2:18:40 PM
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This is a neat idea nicely done. I like all the window treatments, and the business on the ground floor. I don't spend much time in downtown areas, but I've been there a little and this strikes me as typical of what you'd see in urban anywhere.
Do you have a home layout with a large city scene or do these creations grace a big club layout?
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Posted - April 04 2015 : 2:25:38 PM
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| That is a great looking flat, lots of detail. It looks like a large building that has been repurposed to be used for commercial and residential property, after the original occupant (school, IRS, international corporation hq) has moved on. That would look great in any downtown area.
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Posted - April 04 2015 : 3:44:37 PM
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Beautiful Gary
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Posted - April 04 2015 : 4:59:11 PM
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I'm glad to see everyone likes my handy work. We all do like to show off a bit, don't we? I picture this building as a turn of the century office structure that shows it years but has been kept in pretty good shape. It now home to businesses that have been there for years or are attracted to lower rents than in the newer buildings down the street. Yes I do have a rather compressed city scene on my home layout. In fact I have buildings I have built I have no space for currently.
My original major in college was architecture and even though I never got a degree, it is my first love. Thanks again everyone for the positive feedback.   
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Posted - April 04 2015 : 5:34:33 PM
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Man, the attention to detail on that building is freaking awesome. Like to see
modelers using imagination to create instead of just buying kits. Awesome
job Gary. Keep it up.
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Posted - April 06 2015 : 11:44:18 AM
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| Nice work Gary B. You really took me back to days when I would go to work with my Dad in downtown Toledo (circa 1955); those (maybe black iron) storefronts at ground level. You've got a good handle on presenting the feeling of urban architecture and the "textures" of the buildings. There's this Masterpiece Theatre program called "Mr. Selfridge" about the famous Selfridge's Department Store in England and when it shows the inside of the store with all the staff working the counters and the carefully displayed items, it's pretty awesome.
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Posted - April 06 2015 : 11:53:57 AM
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 It's quite shocking that that structure is, in fact, a custom. You must've put a lot of effort into this thing.
-Steve
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Posted - April 06 2015 : 2:51:06 PM
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Thanks guys, I did take some time to plan that one out. Hardest parts were the curved green roofs. I can make one of most anything but building a mirror copy is a challenge.
Barry - I was watching that show Saturday night! Fascinating stuff. You could clearly see the influence of his former employer's store, Marshall Field's here in Chicago.
I'll have to post my version of Field's soon.
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