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Everyone's comments and direct emails have been *most* appreciated. Just want to reiterate that the family and I are more than fine.
Let us all not lose sight of those most in need: the people of the Tohoku region of Japan most impacted by the Earthquake, Tsunami, and now close-proximity Radiation. It is so surreal for many of those people that I'm 1/2 serious when I say that they'd not be surprised if Godzilla now came out of the Ocean to do his part, as everything else imaginable has already done its worst.
Now as to our situation...
As I mentioned in the previous photo, I sent Chizuko and the boys to Nagoya just in case there is more to this than the Japan media/gov't was portraying (which turned out to be the case). I took a shinkansen after work Friday to meet them down there for the weekend. Boys have cabin (hotel) fever as there is nothing to do but sit around and watch (disaster) TV or read or play some handheld video games. Chizuko is pulling triple duty by taking care of her Mom, Sister-inlaw and her baby, and our boys. She's a real trooper though and staying strong.
Non-HDR shot taken from their hotel room at the Nagoya Shinkansen station. Moved them on to Kyoto the next day after this shot because we couldn't extend the room due to the hotel being fully booked by other refugees from Tokyo.
I'm back in Tokyo now (Sunday afternoon) as I wanted to get our camping car taped up, as the next 3-4 days are gonna be dicey with full-on winds from the reactors up north.
Saw a friend at the train station in Tokyo this afternoon on the way back home and his first words were "You're still in Japan?" He was on his way to the airport and was truly perplexed that I'm still here. While I may be a diehard Texan (I still wear boots to the office, and drink Tequila), Japan and its culture are my home and I will not leave here so lightly. A very large percentage of the foreign population left at the drop of a pin, which given what the Embassy's were saying, is completely understandable. I however have decided to remain on doing my part as best I can to help rebuild this Nation that I call home.
Again, to everyone else here in Japan, best of luck, and to those outside of Japan, keep us in your prayers!
Thanks...Altus.
BTW...I'm in no position to catchup on other people's photostreams right now given the circumstances as you can imagine, but fully intend to do so once all of this is behind us. In the meantime I'll continue to post our situation for those interested.
Tonight's slanted sunset
Straight out of the camera. Lake Erie in beautiful Saybrook Ohio. April 3, 2021
View On Black Large
Godzilla goes to Hollywood - of course being one of the world's largest monsters, he had to check out the world's largest independent record store!
Nikon D90
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6
I recently purchased this knock off of the "Imperial Godzilla" a Godzilla toy produced in the mid 80's - early 90's by the Imperial toy company. They came in a 6 inch and a 12 inch size, but mine is a knock off that is 9 inches high and comes in a different (and better) color scheme. I enjoy him for his cartoony goofiness.
Real Life 16 - La petite mort/ The little death
La piccola morte è un'espressione francese che indica l'orgasmo.
The little death is a translation from the French "la petite mort" (Le Petit Mort/Le Petit Morte/La petite morte), a popular reference for a sexual orgasm. The term has generally been interpreted to describe the postorgasmic fainting spells some lovers suffer from. Also it can refer to spiritual release that come with orgasm, or a short period of transendence, an expenditure or spending of life force.
Speculations to its origin include current connotations of the phrase, including
- Greco-Roman belief that the oversecretion of bodily fluids would "dry out" one of the believed four humours, leading to death
- Islam's reference to sleep
*** Teenage Jesus update***
Marie-Catherine-Hortense de Villedieu nel 17esimo secolo scriveva:
Une douce langueur m'ôte le sentiment,
Je meurs entre les bras de mon fidèle Amant,
Et c'est dans cette mort que je trouve la vie.
HIYA Toys King Ghidorah Gravity Beam Ver. from Godzilla King of the Monsters
I got this Ghidorah figure from Forbidden Planet earlier today. It's an impressive piece, especially in person
From HG Toys in 1986, the SportFreaks series is something we've had our eye on for some time.
Led by M.U.S.C.L.E., miniature figures, or minifigs, have always been a favorite for us. Particularly those that are a bit weird.
We had seen the SportFreaks figues online but had not encountered any in the wild. The figures are readily available loose on eBay but a bit pricey per figure.
We had also spotted a boxed set online, but had never seen these in singles on the card.
Until now! Woot! Woot!
We came across seven of the twelve from the 1st Series on the card and did not pass up this opportunity.
HG Toys was a significant player in the toy industry, particularly in the mid-to-late 20th century. Based in the United States, the company had a strong connection to manufacturing in Hong Kong and other parts of Asia, which was a common practice for toy companies during that era.
HG Toys was known for its business model of acquiring licenses for popular characters and franchises and then producing a wide variety of toys, often focusing on playsets, dress-up costumes, and other accessory-based items. The company was particularly active from the 1970s through the 1980s.
A key figure in the company's design and marketing was Mark Nuccio, who later founded his own design firm, Design Edge, after HG Toys was acquired by Superior Toys.
The "Hong Kong" part of the company's name or manufacturing origin on products was a direct reflection of the globalized toy manufacturing industry of the time.
From the 1950s to the 1980s, Hong Kong was a powerhouse of plastic manufacturing, and "Made in Hong Kong" was a symbol of quality and a high volume of production. HG Toys, like many other American toy companies, leveraged this by having its products manufactured in Hong Kong factories.
HG Toys released a vast number of products, often tying into the biggest entertainment properties of the day. Some of their most well-known toy lines include:
Licensed Playsets: The company was famous for its plastic playsets based on popular movies and TV shows, such as Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Godzilla, Masters of the Universe, and Fantasy Island. These sets often featured small, non-articulated PVC or plastic figures and various accessories, vehicles, or playset environments.
Dress-Up Costumes: HG Toys produced numerous child-sized costumes and role-playing accessories, including those for He-Man and Skeletor from Masters of the Universe and characters from the WWF (now WWE), such as Hulk Hogan.
PVC and Miniature Figures: The company created a wide range of miniature plastic figures, including the "Sports Freaks" series, as well as various creatures and dinosaurs. These figures were often used as cake toppers or sold in multi-packs.
While the name "HG Toys Hong Kong" might suggest a company solely based there, it was more a part of the supply chain for the U.S.-based HG Toys, which was responsible for design, licensing, and distribution in North America.
The SportFreaks line featured a collection of miniature PVC figures and larger action figures, each depicting a character with a humorous or exaggerated sports-related theme.
The toys were produced for various sports, including baseball, basketball, football, and hockey. Each figure had a unique name and a distinct design that often played on a sports cliché or a pun.
Known characters and figures from the series include:
Baseball:
Pine Tar Pete: A baseball figure, sometimes seen in an oversized, 16-inch version.
Shorty: A baseball shortstop character.
Basketball:
Hoops Dribbles: A basketball player figure.
Roller Skater Basketball Player: A character with roller skates.
Blimpo: Another basketball figure.
Football:
B. Bike Hiker: A football figure.
Ox: A large football player figure.
Food Processor: A football-themed figure.
Crutch Clutcher / Arm Chair Quarterback: A figure depicted on a crutch or in a chair.
Hockey:
Ozzie Twister: A hockey player figure.
Scoop Skater: A hockey-themed figure.
Hold M. Tight: A hockey player figure.
The figures were available in different sizes, with some being smaller PVC cake toppers and others being larger, full-sized action figures.
Quirky, weird, and centered on really weak puns, the line is fondly remembered by minifig collectors and considered a treasure when found in the wild.
Here's my version of the GTR R34.
As you can see through the pictures, this model can be customized to a more aggressive looking version of the Skyline with wider front bumper intakes, intercooler, nitros, black hood, trunk and mirrors, and bigger rear spoiler. It can be customized in a couple of minutes and could do multiple combinations using the customizing elements.
Everything can open in this model, trunk, hood doors and even the glove box.
I'll also build a blue version soon of this model as it's very iconic color for the Skyline R34.
This model was built at the scale of 1:16 and took me around 1 and a half months to finish.
Hope you like it and thanks for looking :-)
Digital instructions will be available soon on my website:
bricksgarage.com
BULLETS! can't stop it!
ARMIES! are powerless against it!
HORROR! Beyond your imagination!
WATCH helplessly as Kerizilla blazes a trail of destruction through the urban landscape, crushing everything before her in a RAMPAGE of DESTRUCTION! Can you ENDURE the nightmare of terror unfold on this VERY MOVIE SCREEN?
Paintings from the 2 person show "amicvs monstrvm" with Nathan Stapley at Gallery 1988 in San Francisco.
OPENING: MAy 1st
(runs through May 18)
@Gallery 1988
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Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Building
The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan in the Turtle Bay area at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Standing at 319 metres (1,047 ft),[4][5] it was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931. After the destruction of the World Trade Center, it was again the second-tallest building in New York City until December 2007, when the spire was raised on the 365.8-metre (1,200 ft) Bank of America Tower, pushing the Chrysler Building into third position. In addition, The New York Times Building which opened in 2007, is exactly level with the Chrysler Building in height.[6]
The Chrysler Building is a classic example of Art Deco architecture and considered by many contemporary architects to be one of the finest buildings in New York City. In 2007, it was ranked ninth on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects.[7] It was the headquarters of the Chrysler Corporation from 1930 until the mid 1950's, but although the building was built and designed specifically for the car manufacturer, the corporation didn't pay for the construction of it and never owned it, as Walter P. Chrysler decided to pay for it himself, so that his children could inherit it.[8]
Contents [hide]
1 History
1.1 Design beginnings
1.2 Construction
1.3 Completion
1.4 Property
2 Architecture
2.1 Crown ornamentation
2.2 Crown usage
2.3 Lighting
2.4 Recognition and appeal
3 Cultural depictions
4 Quotations
5 Gallery
6 See also
7 References
8 Notes
9 External links
[edit] History
The Chrysler Building in 1932
View from Empire State Building, 2005
Chrysler Building and eastern Midtown ManhattanThe Chrysler Building was designed by architect William Van Alen for a project of Walter P. Chrysler.[8] When the ground breaking occurred on September 19, 1928, there was an intense competition in New York City to build the world's tallest skyscraper.[9][10] Despite a frantic pace (the building was built at an average rate of four floors per week), no workers died during the construction of this skyscraper.[11]
[edit] Design beginnings
Van Alen's original design for the skyscraper called for a decorative jewel-like glass crown. It also featured a base in which the showroom windows were tripled in height and topped by twelve stories with glass-wrapped corners, creating an impression that the tower appeared physically and visually light as if floating on mid-air.[8] The height of the skyscraper was also originally designed to be 246 metres (807 ft).[11] However, the design proved to be too advanced and costly for building contractor William H. Reynolds, who disapproved of Van Alen's original plan.[12] The design and lease were then sold to Walter P. Chrysler, who worked with Van Alen and redesigned the skyscraper for additional stories; it was eventually revised to be 282 metres (925 ft) tall.[11] As Walter Chrysler was the chairman of the Chrysler Corporation and intended to make the building into Chrysler's headquarters,[11] various architectural details and especially the building's gargoyles were modeled after Chrysler automobile products like the hood ornaments of the Plymouth; they exemplify the machine age in the 1920s (see below).[13][14]
[edit] Construction
Construction commenced on September 19, 1928.[11] In total, almost 400,000 rivets were used[11] and approximately 3,826,000 bricks were manually laid, to create the non-loadbearing walls of the skyscraper.[15] Contractors, builders and engineers were joined by other building-services experts to coordinate construction.
Prior to its completion, the building stood about even with a rival project at 40 Wall Street, designed by H. Craig Severance. Severance increased the height of his project and then publicly claimed the title of the world's tallest building[16] (this distinction excluded structures that were not fully habitable, such as the Eiffel Tower[17]). In response, Van Alen obtained permission for a 56.3-metre (185 ft) long spire[18] and had it secretly constructed inside the frame of the building. The spire was delivered to the site in 4 different sections.[19] On October 23, 1929, the bottom section of the spire was hoisted onto the top of the building's dome and lowered into the 66th floor of the building. The other remaining sections of the spire were hoisted and riveted to the first one in sequential order in just 90 minutes.[20]
[edit] Completion
Upon completion, May 20, 1930,[11] the added height of the spire allowed the Chrysler Building to surpass 40 Wall Street as the tallest building in the world and the Eiffel Tower as the tallest structure. It was the first man-made structure to stand taller than 1,000 feet (305 m). Van Alen's satisfaction in these accomplishments was likely muted by Walter Chrysler's later refusal to pay the balance of his architectural fee.[8] Less than a year after it opened to the public on May 27, 1931, the Chrysler Building was surpassed in height by the Empire State Building, but the Chrysler Building is still the world's tallest steel-supported brick building.[21][22] (The world's tallest brick building without steel is St. Martin's Church in Landshut begun in 1389.)[citation needed]
Height comparison of buildings in New York City[edit] Property
The east building wall of the base out of which the tower rises runs at a slant to the Manhattan street grid, following a property line that predated the Commissioners' Plan of 1811.[23] The land on which the Chrysler Building stands was donated to The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art,[24] a private college that offers every admitted student a full tuition scholarship, in 1902. The land was originally leased to William H. Reynolds, but when he was unable to raise money for the project, the building and the rights to the land were acquired by Walter P. Chrysler in 1928.[24][25] Contrary to popular belief, the Chrysler Corporation was never involved in the construction or ownership of the Chrysler Building, although it was built and designed for the corporation and served as its headquarters until the mid 1950s. It was a project of Walter P. Chrysler for his children.[8]
The ownership of the building has changed several times. The Chrysler family sold the building in 1947, and in 1957 it was purchased by real-estate moguls Sol Goldman and Alex DiLorenzo, and owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. The lobby was refurbished and the facade renovated in 1978–1979.[26] The building was owned by Jack Kent Cooke, a Washington, D.C. investor, in 1979. The spire underwent a restoration that was completed in 1995. In 1998, Tishman Speyer Properties and the Travelers Insurance Group bought the Chrysler Building, at 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, and the adjoining Kent Building in 1997 for about $220 million from a consortium of banks and the estate of Jack Kent Cooke. Tishman Speyer Properties had negotiated a 150 year lease on the land from Cooper Union, which had held the lease before 1997, and continues to hold the land lease.[27]
In 2001, a 75% stake in the building was sold, for US$ 300 million, to TMW, the German arm of an Atlanta-based investment fund.[28] On June 11, 2008 it was reported that the Abu Dhabi Investment Council was in negotiations to buy TMW's 75% economic interest, and a 15% interest from Tishman Speyer Properties in the building, and a share of the Trylons retail structure next door for US$ 800 million.[29] On July 9, 2008 it was announced that the transaction had been completed, and that the Abu Dhabi Investment Council was now the 90% owner of the building.[27][30]
[edit] Architecture
Detail of the Art Deco ornamentation at the crownThe Chrysler Building is considered a masterpiece of Art Deco architecture. The distinctive ornamentation of the building based on features that were then being used on Chrysler automobiles. The corners of the 61st floor are graced with eagles, replicas of the 1929 Chrysler hood ornaments;[31] on the 31st floor, the corner ornamentation are replicas of the 1929 Chrysler radiator caps.[32] The building is constructed of masonry, with a steel frame, and metal cladding. In total, the building currently contains 3,862 windows on its facade and 4 banks of 8 elevators designed by the Otis Elevator Corporation.[11] The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.[3][33]
[edit] Crown ornamentation
The Chrysler Building is also well renowned and recognized for its terraced crown. Composed of seven radiating terraced arches, Van Alen's design of the crown is a cruciform groin vault constructed into seven concentric members with transitioning setbacks, mounted up one behind each other.[34] The stainless-steel cladding is ribbed and riveted in a radiating sunburst pattern with many triangular vaulted windows, transitioning into smaller segments of the seven narrow setbacks of the facade of the terraced crown. The entire crown is clad with silvery "Enduro KA-2" metal, an austenitic stainless steel developed in Germany by Krupp and marketed under the trade name "Nirosta" (a German acronym for nichtrostender Stahl, meaning "non-rusting steel").[8][35]
[edit] Crown usage
When the building first opened, it contained a public viewing gallery on the 71st floor, which was closed to the public in 1945. This floor is now the highest-occupied floor, most recently occupied by an office space management firm.[36] The private Cloud Club occupied a three-floor high space from the 66th–68th floors, but closed in the late 1970s. Above the 71st floor, the stories of the building are designed mostly for exterior appearance, functioning mainly as landings for the stairway to the spire. Very narrow with low, sloped ceilings, these top stories are useful only for holding radio-broadcasting and other mechanical and electrical equipment.[11] Television station WCBS-TV (Channel 2) originally transmitted from the top of the Chrysler in the 1940s and early 1950s, before moving to the Empire State Building.[11] For many years, WPAT-FM and WTFM (now WKTU) also used the Chrysler Building as a transmission site, but they also moved to the Empire by the 1970s. There are currently no commercial broadcast stations located at the Chrysler Building.
[edit] Lighting
There are two sets of lighting in the top spires and decoration. The first are the V-shaped lighting inserts in the steel of the building itself. Added later were groups of floodlights which are on mast arms directed back at the building. This allows the top of the building to be lit in many colors for special occasions. This lighting was installed by electrician Charles Londner and crew during construction.[11]
[edit] Recognition and appeal
In more recent years, the Chrysler Building has continued to be a favorite among New Yorkers. In the summer of 2005, New York's own Skyscraper Museum asked one hundred architects, builders, critics, engineers, historians, and scholars, among others, to choose their 10 favorites among 25 New York towers. The Chrysler Building came in first place as 90% of them placed the building in their top-10 favorite buildings.[37]
The Chrysler Building's distinctive profile has inspired similar skyscrapers worldwide, including One Liberty Place in Philadelphia.[38][39]
[edit] Cultural depictions
The Chrysler Building has been featured in several television programs, movies, and other media. Below are examples.
In an early episode of Saturday Night Live the Coneheads launch the building as a rocketship to return to their home planet. In the 1982 Larry Cohen film Q a winged serpent terrorizing New York is nesting inside the building's crown; the film's poster depicts the monster perched atop the building holding an attractive blonde victim in its claws. (The poster's monster is enormously out of scale to its size in the movie.) The Chrysler Building was also a short scene in the movie Predator 2 where the predator is holding a trophy raising it up on the building. The artwork was done by Michael Whelan.[40] In Deep Impact (1998) a wall of water surrounds the skyscraper and people can be seen on the 61st-floor observation deck fleeing to the other side of the building.[41] The tower was also prominently featured and being destroyed in the 1998 film, Godzilla,[41] and in Armageddon, which featured the tower being struck by a meteor, causing its spire to come crashing to the ground.[41] In another film, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, while Johnny Storm chases the Silver Surfer through Manhattan, the Silver Surfer flies straight through the Chrysler Building.[42][43] Towards the end of Steven Spielberg's A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, the Chrysler Building is seen totally underwater as the mechas guide their spacecraft through the submerged ruins of Manhattan.[41]> In the film Spider-Man, Spider-Man perches on top of one of the building's gargoyles, mourning his Uncle Ben's murder.[41] Matthew Barney's art film Cremaster 3 (2002) narrates a fantastical version of the building's construction.
In the music scene, Meat Loaf's 1993 album Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell's cover art depicts a demonic bat clinging to the top floors of the Chrysler Building. The Chrysler Building has also appeared in numerous video games such as Parasite Eve and Grand Theft Auto IV, being replicated as the "Zirconium Building".[44][45]
[edit] Quotations
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Chrysler Building
"Art Deco in France found its American equivalent in the design of the New York skyscrapers of the 1920s. The Chrysler Building ... was one of the most accomplished essays in the style."
–John Julius Norwich, in The World Atlas of Architecture
"The design, originally drawn up for building contractor William H. Reynolds, was finally sold to Walter P. Chrysler, who wanted a provocative building which would not merely scrape the sky but positively pierce it. Its 77 floors briefly making it the highest building in the world—at least until the Empire State Building was completed—it became the star of the New York skyline, thanks above all to its crowning peak. In a deliberate strategy of myth generation, Van Alen planned a dramatic moment of revelation: the entire seven-storey pinnacle, complete with special-steel facing, was first assembled inside the building, and then hoisted into position through the roof opening and anchored on top in just one and a half hours. All of a sudden it was there—a sensational fait accompli."
–Peter Gossel and Gabriele Leuthauser, in Architecture in the Twentieth Century
"One of the first uses of stainless steel over a large exposed building surface. The decorative treatment of the masonry walls below changes with every set-back and includes story-high basket-weave designs, radiator-cap gargoyles, and a band of abstract automobiles. The lobby is a modernistic composition of African marble and chrome steel."
–Elliot Willensky and Norval White, in AIA Guide to New York
Shanghai skyline taken from The Bund. I didn't bring a tripod and so had to rest the camera on a ledge leading to the tip of the Oriental Pearl Tower being clipped. The big blur on the right is the same golden river boat (the blur in the centre is a smaller riverboat) we saw the previous night seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/nhilmy/4699028219/
Leica M9 + Leica 28mm Summicron-m f/2 ASPH
@ 8 seconds, ISO 320 and f/16 (exif data lies!)
Better viewed Large On Black
Rough translation…
Sunday 4th October
From 15:30 on the Zattere bank.
We stop the corrupt and the destroyers of the lagoon!!!
We expect you all on foot or by boat!!!
Against large ships and new excavations, the Mose and against corruption
For employment and the alternative solutions!!!
And Godzilla shouts:
"Increasingly large ships
Excavation of the canal Vittorio Emanuele
The Mose and it's maintenance"
(The Mose is the Venice flood barrier project)
Protest poster in empty shop window.
Giudecca, Venice, Italy
Nikon D7100
18-105mm Lens
Stompy stompy mash!
Playing around with brushes in PS5 :)
(I realise he's kinda puzzle bobble-esque. woops!)
©PodgyPanda 2013!
The E&N's role in the filming of Godzilla has finished so the missile train will be leaving the island soon, probably on the Monday morning barge. When I photographed the train the other day I was disappointed that the missiles were covered up and I was hoping I'd get another chance somehow. Went to Wellcox Yard today mainly to get a few more photos of the Westmount Rail GP9 but it had already been returned to it's SRY livery. But behind the engines were the uncovered missiles, very glad I got my chance before they're gone.
March 29, 2013
Bandai Tamashii Nations S.H.MonsterArts (2014)
First Appearances:
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
So it was announced today that my favorite video game character (and probably one of my favorite things of all time), Sonic the Hedgehog is getting his own movie in 2018! So I was going down the list for what is coming out this year and here's some of the stuff that I'm looking forward to:
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Sonic the Hedgehog
Aquaman
The Flash
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Godzilla
The Lego Movie 2
Han Solo anthology film
HOLY SHIT! 2018 is my YEAR my boys!!!
West Mount Rail 128 running around it's train at Malahat siding. After it pulls ahead of the switch, it will back into the siding and couple to the train and then back down to the Godzilla movie site at Niagara Canyon.
March 23, 2013
One look at that eye reminded me of the eye scene from Godzilla. Fortunately, this fellow is small. Any bigger and I may have freaked out. The white stuff that's around the neck - that would be skin being shed.
Calotes are awesome to observe - especially when they rest on a leaf.
A.K.A. Godzilla Raids Again which I always found strange. I'm pretty sure Godzilla was a hit in the U.S. Wouldn't you WANT to market the sequel as a sequel? Was the thinking just different in the '50s?
Here's my list of ten brands that I really want to see in Lego form, either as a part of Lego Dimensions or better yet, an actual lego set!
1. Rocky
2. Pokemon
3. Assassin's Creed
4. Mario
5. Rick and Morty
6. Robocop
7. The Muppets
8. Godzilla
9.Splatoon
10. Watchmen
It's "Where's Waldo?" -- the desert edition: Chuckwalla in the rocks! This fat little flower-muching rock dragon was pretty darn awesome to observe! :) | Phoenix Mountains Preserve, AZ
This is my lego Mechagodzilla head from the Showa series of Godzilla movies. Unlike my last post, this build was actually completed. This head is not part of my previous (unfinished) build I uploaded a few days ago seeing as that build was different incarnation of the character.
This build has some features built into it. The eyes, for example, light up using light bricks inside. it's mouth also opens and closes like in the movies. I am not planning to build the rest of Showa Mechagodzilla's body, but I might make a display stand for it instead.
“Daddy, what do you think the fish sees when we catch it?”
Kyle thought about that for a minute, then replied “I think the fish finds himself minding his own business, and then he’s suddenly impaled and yanked from his home up into what for him must seem like outer space. He can’t breathe, can barely see, and realizes that giant godlike creatures are inspecting and probing him. Then he’s thrown into a dark icy prison where he lives his last moments in utter terror and confusion.”
Lucia looked at the fish and immediately threw it back into the pond. She looked up at her other daddy and asked “Is that true?” Harry shot Kyle a look and replied “It’s just a fish, honey. It doesn’t think about things like that. Now what are we going to have for dinner?”
Without a second thought Lucia exclaimed “Macaroni & Cheese!! Mac and cheese mac and cheese mac and cheese,” she chanted. Harry looked at Kyle, smiling slightly and then squinting his best Eastwood squint, letting Kyle know it better be the best damn mac and cheese he’s ever made.
View from Empire State Building towards Chrysler Building.
Blick vom Empire State Building Richtung Chryler Building.
The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. At 1,046 ft (319 m), it is the tallest brick building in the world with a steel framework, and it was the world's tallest building for 11 months after its completion in 1930. As of 2019, the Chrysler is the 12th-tallest building in the city, tied with The New York Times Building.
Originally a project of real estate developer and former New York State Senator William H. Reynolds, the building was commissioned by Walter Chrysler, the head of the Chrysler Corporation. The construction of the Chrysler Building, an early skyscraper, was characterized by a competition with 40 Wall Street and the Empire State Building to become the world's tallest building. The Chrysler Building was designed and funded by Walter Chrysler personally as a real estate investment for his children, but it was not intended as the Chrysler Corporation's headquarters. An annex was completed in 1952, and the building was sold by the Chrysler family the next year, with numerous subsequent owners.
When the Chrysler Building opened, there were mixed reviews of the building's design, some calling it inane and unoriginal, others hailing it as modernist and iconic. Reviewers in the late 20th and early 21st centuries regarded the building as a paragon of the Art Deco architectural style. In 2007, it was ranked ninth on the American Institute of Architects' list of America's Favorite Architecture. The facade and interior became New York City designated landmarks in 1978, and the structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
Site
The Chrysler Building is on the eastern side of Lexington Avenue between 42nd and 43rd streets in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The land was donated to The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1902. The site is roughly a trapezoid with a 201-foot-long (61 m) frontage on Lexington Avenue; a 167-foot-long (51 m) frontage on 42nd Street; and a 205-foot-long (62 m) frontage on 43rd Street. The site bordered the old Boston Post Road, which predated, and ran aslant of, the Manhattan street grid established by the Commissioners' Plan of 1811. As a result, the east side of the building's base is similarly aslant. The building is assigned its own ZIP Code, 10174. It is one of 41 buildings in Manhattan that have their own ZIP Codes, as of 2019.
The Grand Hyatt New York hotel and the Graybar Building are across Lexington Avenue, while the Socony–Mobil Building is across 42nd Street. In addition, the Chanin Building is to the southwest, diagonally across Lexington Avenue and 42nd Street.
Architecture
The Chrysler Building was designed by William Van Alen in the Art Deco style and is named after one of its original tenants, automotive executive Walter Chrysler. With a height of 1,046 feet (319 m), the Chrysler is the 12th-tallest building in the city as of 2019, tied with The New York Times Building. The building is constructed of a steel frame infilled with masonry, with areas of decorative metal cladding. The structure contains 3,862 exterior windows. Approximately fifty metal ornaments protrude at the building's corners on five floors reminiscent of gargoyles on Gothic cathedrals. The 31st-floor contains gargoyles[26] as well as replicas of the 1929 Chrysler radiator caps, and the 61st-floor is adorned with eagles as a nod to America's national bird.
The design of the Chrysler Building makes extensive use of bright "Nirosta" stainless steel, an austenitic alloy developed in Germany by Krupp. It was the first use of this "18-8 stainless steel" in an American project, composed of 18% chromium and 8% nickel. Nirosta was used in the exterior ornaments, the window frames, the crown, and the needle. The steel was an integral part of Van Alen's design, as E.E. Thum explains: "The use of permanently bright metal was of greatest aid in the carrying of rising lines and the diminishing circular forms in the roof treatment, so as to accentuate the gradual upward swing until it literally dissolves into the sky...." Stainless steel producers used the Chrysler Building to evaluate the durability of the product in architecture. In 1929, the American Society for Testing Materials created an inspection committee to study its performance, which regarded the Chrysler Building as the best location to do so; a subcommittee examined the building's panels every five years until 1960, when the inspections were canceled because the panels had shown minimal deterioration.
Form
The Chrysler Building's height and legally mandated setbacks influenced Van Alen in his design. The walls of the lowermost sixteen floors rise directly from the sidewalk property lines, except for a recess on one side that gives the building a U-shaped floor plan above the fourth floor. There are setbacks on floors 16, 18, 23, 28, and 31, making the building compliant with the 1916 Zoning Resolution. This gives the building the appearance of a ziggurat on one side and a U-shaped palazzo on the other. Above the 31st floor, there are no more setbacks until the 60th floor, above which the structure is funneled into a Maltese cross shape that "blends the square shaft to the finial", according to author and photographer Cervin Robinson.
The floor plans of the first sixteen floors were made as large as possible to optimize the amount of rental space nearest ground level, which was seen as most desirable. The U-shaped cut above the fourth floor served as a shaft for air flow and illumination. The area between floors 28 and 31 added "visual interest to the middle of the building, preventing it from being dominated by the heavy detail of the lower floors and the eye-catching design of the finial. They provide a base to the column of the tower, effecting a transition between the blocky lower stories and the lofty shaft."
Facade
Base and shaft
The ground floor exterior is covered in polished black granite from Shastone, while the three floors above it are clad in white marble from Georgia. There are two main entrances, on Lexington Avenue and on 42nd Street, each three floors high with Shastone granite surrounding each proscenium-shaped entryway. At some distance into each main entryway, there are revolving doors "beneath intricately patterned metal and glass screens", designed so as to embody the Art Deco tenet of amplifying the entrance's visual impact. A smaller side entrance on 43rd Street is one story high. There are storefronts consisting of large Nirosta-steel-framed windows at ground level. Office windows penetrate the second through fourth floors.
The west and east elevations contain the air shafts above the fourth floor, while the north and south sides contain the receding setbacks. Below the 16th floor, the facade is clad with white brick, interrupted by white-marble bands in a manner similar to basket weaving. The inner faces of the brick walls are coated with a waterproof grout mixture measuring about 1⁄16 inch (1.6 mm) thick. The windows, arranged in grids, do not have window sills, the frames being flush with the facade. Between the 16th and 24th floors, the exterior exhibits vertical white brick columns that are separated by windows on each floor. This visual effect is made possible by the presence of aluminum spandrels between the columns of windows on each floor. There are abstract reliefs on the 20th through 22nd-floor spandrels, while the 24th floor contains 9-foot (2.7 m) decorative pineapples.
Above the third setback, consisting of the 24th through 27th floors, the facade contains horizontal bands and zigzagged gray-and-black brick motifs. The section above the fourth setback, between the 27th and 31st floors, serves as a podium for the main shaft of the building. There are Nirosta-steel decorations above the setbacks. At each corner of the 31st floor, large car-hood ornaments were installed to make the base look larger. These corner extensions help counter a common optical illusion seen in tall buildings with horizontal bands, whose taller floors would normally look larger. The 31st floor also contains a gray and white frieze of hubcaps and fenders, which both symbolize the Chrysler Corporation and serves as a visual signature of the building's Art Deco design. The bonnet embellishments take the shape of Mercury's winged helmet and resemble hood ornaments installed on Chrysler vehicles at the time.
The shaft of the tower was designed to emphasize both the horizontal and vertical: each of the tower's four sides contains three columns of windows, each framed by bricks and an unbroken marble pillar that rises along the entirety of each side. The spandrels separating the windows contain "alternating vertical stripes in gray and white brick", while each corner contains horizontal rows of black brick.
Crown and spire
The Chrysler Building is renowned for, and recognized by its terraced crown, which is an extension of the main tower. Composed of seven radiating terraced arches, Van Alen's design of the crown is a cruciform groin vault of seven concentric members with transitioning setbacks. The entire crown is clad with Nirosta steel, ribbed and riveted in a radiating sunburst pattern with many triangular vaulted windows, reminiscent of the spokes of a wheel. The windows are repeated, in smaller form, on the terraced crown's seven narrow setbacks. Due to the curved shape of the dome, the Nirosta sheets had to be measured on site, so most of the work was carried out in workshops on the building's 67th and 75th floors. According to Robinson, the terraced crown "continue[s] the wedding-cake layering of the building itself. This concept is carried forward from the 61st floor, whose eagle gargoyles echo the treatment of the 31st, to the spire, which extends the concept of 'higher and narrower' forward to infinite height and infinitesimal width. This unique treatment emphasizes the building's height, giving it an other worldly atmosphere reminiscent of the fantastic architecture of Coney Island or the Far East."
Television station WCBS-TV (Channel 2) originated its transmission from the top of the Chrysler Building in 1938. WCBS-TV transmissions were shifted to the Empire State Building in 1960 in response to competition from RCA's transmitter on that building. For many years WPAT-FM and WTFM (now WKTU) also transmitted from the Chrysler Building, but their move to the Empire State Building by the 1970s ended commercial broadcasting from the structure.
The crown and spire are illuminated by a combination of fluorescent lights framing the crown's distinctive triangular windows and colored floodlights that face toward the building, allowing it to be lit in a variety of schemes for special occasions.The V-shaped fluorescent "tube lighting" – hundreds of 480V 40W bulbs framing 120 window openings – was added in 1981, although it had been part of the original design. Until 1998, the lights were turned off at 2 a.m., but The New York Observer columnist Ron Rosenbaum convinced Tishman Speyer to keep the lights on until 6 a.m. Since 2015, the Chrysler Building and other city skyscrapers have been part of the Audubon Society's Lights Out program, turning off their lights during bird migration seasons.
History
In the mid-1920s, New York's metropolitan area surpassed London's as the world's most populous metropolitan area and its population exceeded ten million by the early 1930s. The era was characterized by profound social and technological changes. Consumer goods such as radio, cinema, and the automobile became widespread. In 1927, Walter Chrysler's automotive company, the Chrysler Corporation, became the third-largest car manufacturer in the United States, behind Ford and General Motors. The following year, Chrysler was named Time magazine's "Person of the Year".
The economic boom of the 1920s and speculation in the real estate market fostered a wave of new skyscraper projects in New York City. The Chrysler Building was built as part of an ongoing building boom that resulted in the city having the world's tallest building from 1908 to 1974. Following the end of World War I, European and American architects came to see simplified design as the epitome of the modern era and Art Deco skyscrapers as symbolizing progress, innovation, and modernity. The 1916 Zoning Resolution restricted the height that street-side exterior walls of New York City buildings could rise before needing to be setback from the street. This led to the construction of Art Deco structures in New York City with significant setbacks, large volumes, and striking silhouettes that were often elaborately decorated. Art Deco buildings were constructed for only a short period of time; but because that period was during the city's late-1920s real estate boom, the numerous skyscrapers built in the Art Deco style predominated in the city skyline, giving it the romantic quality seen in films and plays.[The Chrysler Building project was shaped by these circumstances.
Development
Originally, the Chrysler Building was to be the Reynolds Building, a project of real estate developer and former New York state senator William H. Reynolds. Prior to his involvement in planning the building, Reynolds was best known for developing Coney Island's Dreamland amusement park. When the amusement park was destroyed by a fire in 1911, Reynolds turned his attention to Manhattan real estate, where he set out to build the tallest building in the world.
Planning
In 1921, Reynolds rented a large plot of land at the corner of Lexington Avenue and 42nd Street with the intention of building a tall building on the site. Reynolds did not develop the property for several years, prompting the Cooper Union to try to increase the assessed value of the property in 1924. The move, which would force Reynolds to pay more rent, was unusual because property owners usually sought to decrease their property assessments and pay fewer taxes. Reynolds hired the architect William Van Alen to design a forty-story building there in 1927. Van Alen's original design featured many Modernist stylistic elements, with glazed, curved windows at the corners.
Van Alen was respected in his field for his work on the Albemarle Building at Broadway and 24th Street, designing it in collaboration with his partner H. Craig Severance. Van Alen and Severance complemented each other, with Van Alen being an original, imaginative architect and Severance being a shrewd businessperson who handled the firm's finances. The relationship between them became tense over disagreements on how best to run the firm. A 1924 article in the Architectural Review, praising the Albemarle Building's design, had mentioned Van Alen as the designer in the firm and ignored Severance's role. The architects' partnership dissolved acrimoniously several months later, with lawsuits over the firm's clients and assets lasting over a year. The rivalry influenced the design of the future Chrysler Building, since Severance's more traditional architectural style would otherwise have restrained Van Alen's more modern outlook.
Refinement of designs
By February 2, 1928, the proposed building's height had been increased to 54 stories, which would have made it the tallest building in Midtown. The proposal was changed again two weeks later, with official plans for a 63-story building. A little more than a week after that, the plan was changed for the third time, with two additional stories added. By this time, 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue were both hubs for construction activity, due to the removal of the Third Avenue Elevated's 42nd Street spur, which was seen as a blight on the area. The adjacent 56-story Chanin Building was also under construction. Because of the elevated spur's removal, real estate speculators believed that Lexington Avenue would become the "Broadway of the East Side", causing a ripple effect that would spur developments farther east.
In April 1928, Reynolds signed a 67-year lease for the plot and finalized the details of his ambitious project. Van Alen's original design for the skyscraper called for a base with first-floor showroom windows that would be triple-height, and above would be 12 stories with glass-wrapped corners, to create the impression that the tower was floating in mid-air. Reynolds's main contribution to the building's design was his insistence that it have a metallic crown, despite Van Alen's initial opposition; the metal-and-crystal crown would have looked like "a jeweled sphere" at night. Originally, the skyscraper would have risen 808 feet (246 m), with 67 floors. These plans were approved in June 1928. Van Alen's drawings were unveiled in the following August and published in a magazine run by the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
Reynolds ultimately devised an alternate design for the Reynolds Building, which was published in August 1928. The new design was much more conservative, with an Italianate dome that a critic compared to Governor Al Smith's bowler hat, and a brick arrangement on the upper floors that simulated windows in the corners, a detail that remains in the current Chrysler Building. This design almost exactly reflected the shape, setbacks, and the layout of the windows of the current building, but with a different dome.
Final plans and start of construction
With the design complete, groundbreaking for the Reynolds Building took place on September 19, 1928, but by late 1928, Reynolds did not have the means to carry on construction. Walter Chrysler offered to buy the building in early October 1928, and Reynolds sold the plot, lease, plans, and architect's services to Chrysler on October 15, 1928, for more than $2.5 million. That day, the Goodwin Construction Company began demolition of what had been built. A contract was awarded on October 28, and demolition was completed on November 9. Chrysler's initial plans for the building were similar to Reynolds's, but with the 808-foot building having 68 floors instead of 67. The plans entailed a ground-floor pedestrian arcade; a facade of stone below the fifth floor and brick-and-terracotta above; and a three-story bronze-and-glass "observation dome" at the top. However, Chrysler wanted a more progressive design, and he worked with Van Alen to redesign the skyscraper to be 925 ft (282 m) tall. At the new height, Chrysler's building would be taller than the 792-foot (241 m) Woolworth Building, a building in lower Manhattan that was the world's tallest at the time. At one point, Chrysler had requested that Van Alen shorten the design by ten floors, but reneged on that decision after realizing that the increased height would also result in increased publicity.
From late 1928 to early 1929, modifications to the design of the dome continued. In March 1929, the press published details of an "artistic dome" that had the shape of a giant thirty-pointed star, which would be crowned by a sculpture five meters high. The final design of the dome included several arches and triangular windows. Lower down, various architectural details were modeled after Chrysler automobile products, such as the hood ornaments of the Plymouth (see § Designs between setbacks). The building's gargoyles on the 31st floor and the eagles on the 61st floor, were created to represent flight, and to embody the machine age of the time. Even the topmost needle was built using a process similar to one Chrysler used to manufacture his cars, with precise "hand craftmanship". In his autobiography, Chrysler says he suggested that his building be taller than the Eiffel Tower.
Meanwhile, excavation of the new building's 69-foot-deep (21 m) foundation began in mid-November 1928 and was completed in mid-January 1929, when bedrock was reached. A total of 105,000,000 pounds (48,000,000 kg) of rock and 36,000,000 pounds (16,000,000 kg) of soil were excavated for the foundation, equal to 63% of the future building's weight. Construction of the building proper began on January 21, 1929. The Carnegie Steel Company provided the steel beams, the first of which was installed on March 27; and by April 9, the first upright beams had been set into place. The steel structure was "a few floors" high by June 1929, 35 floors high by early August, and completed by September. Despite a frantic steelwork construction pace of about four floors per week, no workers died during the construction of the skyscraper's steelwork. Chrysler lauded this achievement, saying, "It is the first time that any structure in the world has reached such a height, yet the entire steel construction was accomplished without loss of life". In total, 391,881 rivets were used, and approximately 3,826,000 bricks were laid to create the non-loadbearing walls of the skyscraper. Walter Chrysler personally financed the construction with his income from his car company. The Chrysler Building's height officially surpassed the Woolworth's on October 16, 1929, thereby becoming the world's tallest structure.
Completion
In January 1930, it was announced that the Chrysler Corporation would maintain satellite offices in the Chrysler Building during Automobile Show Week. The skyscraper was never intended to become the Chrysler Corporation's headquarters, which remained in Detroit. The first leases by outside tenants were announced in April 1930, before the building was officially completed. The building was formally opened on May 27, 1930, in a ceremony that coincided with the 42nd Street Property Owners and Merchants Association's meeting that year. In the lobby of the building, a bronze plaque that read "in recognition of Mr. Chrysler's contribution to civic advancement" was unveiled. Former Governor Smith, former Assemblyman Martin G. McCue, and 42nd Street Association president George W. Sweeney were among those in attendance. By June, it was reported that 65% of the available space had been leased. By August, the building was declared complete, but the New York City Department of Construction did not mark it as finished until February 1932.
The added height of the spire allowed the Chrysler Building to surpass 40 Wall Street as the tallest building in the world and the Eiffel Tower as the tallest structure. The Chrysler Building was thus the first man-made structure to be taller than 1,000 feet (300 m); and as one newspaper noted, the tower was also taller than the highest points of five states. The tower remained the world's tallest for 11 months after its completion. The Chrysler Building was appraised at $14 million, but was exempt from city taxes per an 1859 law that gave tax exemptions to sites owned by the Cooper Union. The city had attempted to repeal the tax exemption, but Cooper Union had opposed that measure. Because the Chrysler Building retains the tax exemption, it has paid Cooper Union for the use of their land since opening. While the Chrysler Corporation was a tenant, it was not involved in the construction or ownership of the Chrysler Building; rather, the tower was a project of Walter P. Chrysler for his children. In his autobiography, Chrysler wrote that he wanted to erect the building "so that his sons would have something to be responsible for".
Van Alen's satisfaction at these accomplishments was likely muted by Walter Chrysler's later refusal to pay the balance of his architectural fee. Chrysler alleged that Van Alen had received bribes from suppliers, and Van Alen had not signed any contracts with Walter Chrysler when he took over the project. Van Alen sued and the courts ruled in his favor, requiring Chrysler to pay Van Alen $840,000, or six percent of the total budget of the building. However, the lawsuit against Chrysler markedly diminished Van Alen's reputation as an architect, which, along with the effects of the Great Depression and negative criticism, ended up ruining his career. Van Alen ended his career as professor of sculpture at the nearby Beaux-Arts Institute of Design and died in 1954. According to author Neal Bascomb, "The Chrysler Building was his greatest accomplishment, and the one that guaranteed his obscurity."
The Chrysler Building's distinction as the world's tallest building was short-lived. John Raskob realized the 1,050-foot Empire State Building would only be 4 feet (1.2 m) taller than the Chrysler Building, and Raskob was afraid that Walter Chrysler might try to "pull a trick like hiding a rod in the spire and then sticking it up at the last minute." Another revision brought the Empire State Building's roof to 1,250 feet (380 m), making it the tallest building in the world by far when it opened on May 1, 1931. However, the Chrysler Building is still the world's tallest steel-supported brick building. The Chrysler Building fared better commercially than the Empire State Building did: by 1935, the Chrysler had already rented 70 percent of its floor area. By contrast, Empire State had only leased 23 percent of its space and was popularly derided as the "Empty State Building".
Impact
Reception
The completed Chrysler Building garnered mixed reviews in the press. Van Alen was hailed as the "Doctor of Altitude" by Architect magazine, while architect Kenneth Murchison called Van Alen the "Ziegfeld of his profession", comparing him to popular Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. The building was praised for being "an expression of the intense activity and vibrant life of our day", and for "teem[ing] with the spirit of modernism, ... the epitome of modern business life, stand[ing] for progress in architecture and in modern building methods." An anonymous critic wrote in Architectural Forum's October 1930 issue: "The Chrysler...stands by itself, something apart and alone. It is simply the realization, the fulfillment in metal and masonry, of a one-man dream, a dream of such ambitions and such magnitude as to defy the comprehension and the criticism of ordinary men or by ordinary standards."
The journalist George S. Chappell called the Chrysler's design "distinctly a stunt design, evolved to make the man in the street look up". Douglas Haskell stated that the building "embodies no compelling, organic idea", and alleged that Van Alen had abandoned "some of his best innovations in behalf of stunts and new 'effects'". Others compared the Chrysler Building to "an upended swordfish", or claimed it had a "Little Nemo"-like design. Lewis Mumford, a supporter of the International Style and one of the foremost architectural critics of the United States at the time, despised the building for its "inane romanticism, meaningless voluptuousness, [and] void symbolism". The public also had mixed reviews of the Chrysler Building, as Murchison wrote: "Some think it's a freak; some think it's a stunt."
Later reviews were more positive. Architect Robert A. M. Stern wrote that the Chrysler Building was "the most extreme example of the [1920s and 1930s] period's stylistic experimentation", as contrasted with 40 Wall Street and its "thin" detailing. George H. Douglas wrote in 2004 that the Chrysler Building "remains one of the most appealing and awe-inspiring of skyscrapers". Architect Le Corbusier called the building "hot jazz in stone and steel". Architectural critic Ada Louise Huxtable stated that the building had "a wonderful, decorative, evocative aesthetic", while Paul Goldberger noted the "compressed, intense energy" of the lobby, the "magnificent" elevators, and the "magical" view from the crown. Anthony W. Robins said the Chrysler Building was "one-of-a-kind, staggering, romantic, soaring, the embodiment of 1920s skyscraper pizzazz, the great symbol of Art Deco New York".
The LPC said that the tower "embodies the romantic essence of the New York City skyscraper". Pauline Frommer, in the travel guide Frommer's, gave the building an "exceptional" recommendation, saying: "In the Chrysler Building we see the roaring-twenties version of what Alan Greenspan called 'irrational exuberance'—a last burst of corporate headquarter building before stocks succumbed to the thudding crash of 1929."
As icon
The Chrysler Building appears in several films set in New York and is widely considered one of the most positively acclaimed buildings in the city. A 1996 survey of New York architects revealed it as their favorite, and The New York Times described it in 2005 as "the single most important emblem of architectural imagery on the New York skyline". In mid-2005, the Skyscraper Museum in Lower Manhattan asked 100 architects, builders, critics, engineers, historians, and scholars, among others, to choose their 10 favorites among 25 of the city's towers. The Chrysler Building came in first place, with 90 respondents placing it on their ballots. In 2007, the building ranked ninth among 150 buildings in the AIA's List of America's Favorite Architecture.
The Chrysler Building is widely heralded as an Art Deco icon. Fodor's New York City 2010 described the building as being "one of the great art deco masterpieces" which "wins many a New Yorker's vote for the city's most iconic and beloved skyscraper". Frommer's states that the Chrysler was "one of the most impressive Art Deco buildings ever constructed". Insight Guides' 2016 edition maintains that the Chrysler Building is considered among the city's "most beautiful" buildings. Its distinctive profile has inspired similar skyscrapers worldwide, including One Liberty Place in Philadelphia, Two Prudential Plaza in Chicago, and the Al Kazim Towers in Dubai. In addition, the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada, contains the "Chrysler Tower", a replica of the Chrysler Building measuring 35 or 40 stories tall. A portion of the hotel's interior was also designed to resemble the Chrysler Building's interior.
In media
While seen in many films, the Chrysler Building almost never appears as a main setting in them, prompting architect and author James Sanders to quip it should win "the Award for Best Supporting Skyscraper". The building was supposed to be featured in the 1933 film King Kong, but only makes a cameo at the end thanks to its producers opting for the Empire State Building in a central role. The Chrysler Building notably appears in the background of The Wiz (1978); as the setting of much of Q - The Winged Serpent (1982); in the initial credits of The Shadow of the Witness (1987); and during or after apocalyptic events in Independence Day (1996), Armageddon (1998), Deep Impact (1998), Godzilla (1998), and A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). The building also appears in other films, such as Spider-Man (2002), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), Two Weeks Notice (2002), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), The Avengers (2012) and Men in Black 3 (2012). The building is mentioned in the number "It's the Hard Knock Life" for the musical Annie, and it is the setting for the post-game content in the Squaresoft video game Parasite Eve.
The Chrysler Building is frequently a subject of photographs. In December 1929, Walter Chrysler hired Margaret Bourke-White to take publicity images from a scaffold 400 feet (120 m) high. She was deeply inspired by the new structure and especially smitten by the massive eagle's-head figures projecting off the building. In her autobiography, Portrait of Myself, Bourke-White wrote, "On the sixty-first floor, the workmen started building some curious structures which overhung 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue below. When I learned these were to be gargoyles à la Notre Dame, but made of stainless steel as more suitable for the twentieth century, I decided that here would be my new studio. There was no place in the world that I would accept as a substitute."
According to one account, Bourke-White wanted to live in the building for the duration of the photo shoot, but the only person able to do so was the janitor, so she was instead relegated to co-leasing a studio with Time Inc. In 1930, several of her photographs were used in a special report on skyscrapers in the then-new Fortune magazine. Bourke-White worked in a 61st-floor studio designed by John Vassos until she was evicted in 1934. In 1934, Bourke-White's partner Oscar Graubner took a famous photo called "Margaret Bourke-White atop the Chrysler Building", which depicts her taking a photo of the city's skyline while sitting on one of the 61st-floor eagle ornaments. On October 5, 1998, Christie's auctioned the photograph for $96,000. In addition, during a January 1931 dance organized by the Society of Beaux-Arts, six architects, including Van Alen, were photographed while wearing costumes resembling the buildings that each architect designed.
(Wikipedia)
Das Chrysler Building ist ein 1930 fertiggestellter Wolkenkratzer im Stil des Art déco in Manhattan in New York City und zählt zu den Wahrzeichen der Metropole.
Der Büroturm befindet sich im Viertel Turtle Bay an der Lexington Avenue, Ecke 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan. Er steht auf einem Grundstück der privaten Hochschule Cooper Union, hat die Adresse „405 Lexington Avenue“ und ist nur einen Block vom Grand Central Terminal entfernt. Schräg gegenüber steht mit dem Chanin Building ein weiterer bekannter Wolkenkratzer im Art-déco-Stil.
Das Chrysler Building ist 318,8 Meter (1046 Fuß) hoch und damit zusammen mit dem 2007 erbauten New York Times Tower auf Rang 13 der höchsten Gebäude in New York City. Unter den höchsten Gebäuden der Vereinigten Staaten nehmen beide Gebäude den 21. Rang ein (jeweils Stand 2023). Auftraggeber war Walter Percy Chrysler, der es ursprünglich für die Chrysler Corporation zwischen 1928 und 1930 bauen ließ. Für die Planung des Wolkenkratzers im Art-déco-Stil war der Architekt William Van Alen verantwortlich. Das Gebäude zählt zu den schönsten Wolkenkratzern jener Epoche.
Geschichte
Entstehungsbedingungen
Das Chrysler Building im Stadtkontext, gesehen vom Empire State Building aus. Weiter rechts der Trump World Tower
Paradoxerweise entstanden viele Wolkenkratzer in der Zeit der Weltwirtschaftskrise. Das liegt zum einen an der Hochphase vor der Krise: Das Bruttosozialprodukt der USA war nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg innerhalb von acht Jahren um 50 % gestiegen, und dieser Konjunktursprung führte zu zahlreichen Neubauten und Planungen von Geschäftshäusern. Zum anderen kamen den Bauherren bei der anschließenden Ausführung während der Krise die radikal gesunkenen Arbeitslöhne nach dem Börsencrash 1929 zugute. Sie konnten für das gleiche Geld wesentlich mehr Arbeiter einstellen als geplant. Die Macht der Gewerkschaften war gebrochen, die Arbeitslöhne waren niedrig, Arbeiter standen in Massen zur Verfügung. Ein Gebäude dieses Ausmaßes hätte unter normalen Verhältnissen in dieser kurzen Bauzeit nicht errichtet werden können. Pro Woche wurden durchschnittlich vier Stockwerke errichtet, für die damaligen Verhältnisse ein Rekord. (Ähnliche Effekte konnte man auch später beobachten: Das höchste Gebäude der Welt, der Burj Khalifa in Dubai, wurde 2010, in der Zeit der Finanzkrise, fertig. Geplant wurde er jedoch vor dem Wirtschaftsabschwung.)
Baugeschichte
Obwohl das Gebäude speziell für den Autohersteller Chrysler konstruiert und gebaut wurde, bezahlte die Firma weder für den Bau, noch besaß sie es jemals. Walter P. Chrysler hatte entschieden, privat dafür aufzukommen, um es an seine Kinder weitergeben zu können.
Die Grundsteinlegung für das Gebäude fand am 19. September 1928 statt. Am 27. Mai 1930 wurde es feierlich eingeweiht. Mit 319 Metern war es bei der Eröffnung das höchste Gebäude der Welt und auch das erste, das die 1000-Fuß-Marke (305 Meter) durchbrach. Bis zum Dach misst es 282 Meter; da die Metallspitze aber zur Grundstruktur des Gebäudes gehört, wird sie zur offiziellen Höhe mitgezählt.
Während der Erbauung hatte es bis in die letzten Tage einen Wettlauf mit dem Turm der Bank of Manhattan (heute 40 Wall Street oder The Trump Building) gegeben, den das Chrysler Building für sich entschied. Der Architekt William Van Alen hatte 1930 die 56 Meter hohe Spitze bis zum letzten Moment geheim gehalten, damit der Konkurrent, die Bank of Manhattan, deren Gebäude gerade 283 Meter Höhe erreicht hatte, nicht mehr reagieren konnte. Die einzelnen Bestandteile dieser Metallspitze waren im Heizungsschacht des Gebäudes zunächst gelagert und vormontiert worden. Dann wurden die riesigen Stahlplatten heimlich auf das 65. Geschoss gebracht, dort zusammengeschraubt und anschließend in einem Stück mit einem Drehkran auf das Gebäude aufgesetzt, das damit 319 Meter Höhe erreichte und die Konkurrenz deutlich übertrumpfte. Dieses Unterfangen dauerte weniger als 1½ Stunden. Dieser Stahlaufbau, genannt „Vortex“ (lat. Wirbel, Drehung), dient lediglich als Dekoration, wiegt 30 Tonnen und ist ein Beispiel des Art déco.
Allerdings blieb das Chrysler Building nur kurz das höchste Gebäude der Welt. 1931 wurde in Midtown Manhattan das Empire State Building mit einer Höhe von 381 Metern fertiggestellt und war damit deutlich höher als alle anderen Gebäude. Bis zum Jahr 1969 blieb das Chrysler Building jedoch der zweithöchste Wolkenkratzer der Welt und gehörte noch bis in die späten 1990er Jahre zu den „Top Ten“ der weltweit höchsten Gebäude.
Spätere Entwicklung
Im 67. Stockwerk befand sich eine besonders während der Prohibition bekannte Restaurant-Bar, der so genannte Cloud Club, in der ehemaligen ‚Wohnung‘ des Firmengründers Walter P. Chrysler.
Lediglich die Lobby des Chrysler Building ist der Öffentlichkeit zur Besichtigung zugänglich (inkl. eigenem Subway-Zugang, jedoch nur werktags). Um zu den noch im Stil des Art déco gehaltenen Aufzügen zu gelangen, braucht man einen speziellen Ausweis oder einen Termin bei einer der dort ansässigen Firmen.
Nach dem Tod von Walter P. Chrysler 1940 kam das Gebäude zur W.P Chrysler Building Corporation, die es zusammen mit der Erbenfamilie 1953 für 18 Millionen US-Dollar an den Immobilienmakler William Zeckendorf verkaufte. 1960 erwarben die Immobilieninvestoren Sol Goldman und Alex DiLorenzo mittels Finanzierung durch die Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) das Gebäude. Die wiederum übernahm 1975 die Anteile für 35 Millionen US-Dollar. Im Dezember 1976 wurde das Hochhaus zur National Historic Landmark erklärt.
Bis 1979 wurde das Gebäude für rund 23 Millionen US-Dollar komplett renoviert. Im September 1979 wurde es von Jack Kent Cooke übernommen. Nach dem Tod von Cooke 1997 übernahm das Immobilienunternehmen Tishman Speyer Properties zusammen mit The Travelers Companies, Inc. (ab 1998 Teil der Citigroup) das Gebäude für eine geschätzte Summe von 210 bis 250 Millionen US-Dollar (187 bis 223 Millionen Euro). Im März 2001 übernahm die deutsche Investmentgesellschaft TMW Immobilien AG[5] aus München über ihre US-amerikanische Tochter für rund 390 Millionen US-Dollar rund 75 Prozent des Gebäudes. Zu den größten Anteilseignern der TMW gehörten der Ergo Trust der Ergo Group, die Provinzial Versicherung sowie drei deutsche Privatbanken.
Zwischen Herbst 2001 und Juli 2008 befand sich das Gebäude im Besitz der zur Ergo Group gehörenden GVP Gesellschaft für Vertriebs- und Produktmanagement AG (heute Ideenkapital Financial Service AG) aus Düsseldorf, die hierfür einen geschlossenen Immobilienfonds (ProVictor) auflegte. Sie verkaufte das Gebäude zu einem Anteil von 90 Prozent am 9. Juli 2008 an den Staatsfonds Abu Dhabi Investment Council (Mubadala) für 800 Millionen US-Dollar (713 Millionen Euro).
Reuters-Informationen zufolge wurde im März 2019 das sanierungsbedürftige Chrysler Building für lediglich 150 Millionen US-Dollar an ein Unternehmen verkauft, das je zur Hälfte der österreichischen Signa Holding und dem amerikanisch-deutschen Unternehmen RFR Group der deutschstämmigen Immobilieninvestoren Aby Rosen und Michael Fuchs gehört.[1] Weiteren Medienberichten zur Folge waren der Grund für den extrem niedrigen Verkaufspreis des Chrysler Gebäudes an das Gemeinschaftsunternehmen von Signa und RFR der bevorstehende extrem hohe Bodenpachtanstieg von 7,75 Millionen Dollar im Jahr 2018 auf 31,5 Millionen US-Dollar im Jahr 2023. Bis 2028 soll die Pacht weiter auf 41 Millionen US-Dollar steigen und 2029 auf 67 Millionen US-Dollar. Eigentümer des Bodengrundes unter dem Gebäude ist seit 1902 die Cooper Union, die wiederum – als eine Stiftung – die Pacht steuerfrei einnimmt.
Nutzer des Gebäudes
Die Chrysler Corporation bezog das Gebäude 1930 als dessen Ankermieter und nutzte die Räumlichkeiten bis in die 1950er Jahre als Abteilungshauptquartier. Weitere Mieter der ersten Stunde waren Time und Texaco. Weil Time Bedarf an mehr Büroräumen hatte, zog es 1937 ins Rockefeller Center um. Texaco zog 1967 nach Purchase, New York, weil das Unternehmen die Arbeitsplätze in eine Vorortumgebung verlegen wollte.
Zu den Nutzern des Gebäudes in der Gegenwart gehören: Regus, Creative Artists Agency, Blank Rome, Clyde & Co, InterMedia Partners, Troutman Sanders Reprieve und YES Network.
Baustil
Das Gebäude wurde im Stil des Art déco errichtet. Am Gebäude finden sich Zierelemente aus rostfreiem Stahl, die an Wasserspeier (Gargoylen) erinnern, Flügelhelm-artige Figuren, die den Chrysler-Kühlerfiguren von 1926 nachempfunden sind,[23] und Adlerköpfe – das Wappentier der Vereinigten Staaten. Außerdem wurden am 31. Stockwerk Zierelemente in Form von Chrysler-Motorhauben und Kachelfriese in Form von Chrysler-Radkappen als Zierrat an der Fassade verwendet. Auch die Kuppel des Gebäudes ist aus nichtrostendem Stahl gefertigt.[2] Die Spitze bildet eine sich pyramidenhaft verjüngende Turmkrone aus Kacheln und Nickeltafeln, aus der eine 27 Tonnen schwere Nickelstahlnadel ragt.[24]
Die für die New Yorker Skyline so unverwechselbare Beleuchtung kommt durch unscheinbare Leuchtstofflampen zustande, die an den Fensterrahmen angebracht sind. Die Fenster sind als Schiebefenster gestaltet und lassen sich in allen Etagen öffnen.
Höhe
Bei seiner Fertigstellung im Jahr 1930 war das Chrysler Building mit 319 Metern Höhe das höchste Gebäude der Erde und übertraf das 283 Meter hohe Bank of Manhattan Company Building (heute 40 Wall Street). Auch überrundete es als erstes Bauwerk den Eiffelturm, der aufgrund kaum vorhandener Nutzflächen nicht als Gebäude, sondern lediglich als Bauwerk gewertet wird. Doch schon ein Jahr nach der Fertigstellung, im Mai 1931, wurde es vom Empire State Building um 62 Meter (381 Meter hoch) überholt. Fortan war es noch bis zur Fertigstellung des 344 Meter hohen John Hancock Center in Chicago im Jahr 1969 das zweithöchste Gebäude der Welt.
Innerhalb New Yorks wurde es 1972 und 1973 durch die Türme des World Trade Center (417 Meter und 415 Meter) erneut übertroffen. Nach deren Zerstörung 2001 wurde es zeitweise wieder zum zweithöchsten Gebäude New York Citys, bis 2009 der 366 Meter hohe Bank of America Tower fertig wurde (bereits 2007 erreichte der New York Times Tower dieselbe Höhe wie das Chrysler Building). Seit 2014 ist auch das Gebäude 432 Park Avenue höher. Inzwischen rangiert das Chrysler Building zusammen mit dem New York Times Tower nur noch auf Platz zwölf der höchsten Gebäude in New York. Unter Berücksichtigung seiner 2003 fertiggestellten Antenne ist auch das Conde Nast Building höher als das Chrysler Building. Seitdem der Eiffelturm über eine Fernseh- und Funkturmantenne verfügt, ist auch dieser wieder höher als das Chrysler Building (aktuell misst der Eiffelturm 330 Meter).
Ähnliche Gebäude
Im Laufe der Zeit sind in den USA, wie auch weltweit, eine Reihe von Wolkenkratzern entstanden, bei denen man sich in der Planung und Konzeption am Chrysler Building orientierte. Dies gilt insbesondere für die Spitze des Gebäudes. Besonders bekannt sind diesbezüglich Bauten wie der One Liberty Place in Philadelphia oder die Al Kazim Towers in Dubai, die jedoch beide niedriger als das Chrysler Building sind. Das New York-New York Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas zitiert unter anderem auch das Chrysler Building.
Schutzausweisung
Das Gebäude kam 1976 als National Historic Landmark ins National Register of Historic Places und wurde 1978 von der Landmarks Preservation Commission als New York City Landmark ausgewiesen.
Daten
Etagen: 77
Höhe: 318,92 m
Höhe Dach: 282 m
Höchstes Stockwerk: 274 m
Höchste Aussichtsetage: 238,66 m
Fenster: 3.750
Stahl: 21.000 t
Ziegelsteine: 4.000.000
Wasserrohre: 50 km
Elektrokabel: 1000 km
(Wikipedia)
"Destroyah originated as a colony of microscopic crustaceans from the Precambrian Era that had thrived living in anaerobic environments. When the Oxygen Destroyer was detonated in Tokyo Bay to kill the first Godzilla in 1954, the crustaceans were mutated from exposure to the chemical weapon and began to evolve abnormally over the next 40 years, incorporating Micro-Oxygen into their biological processes. After being disturbed by an underwater mining operation, the crustaceans moved to the surface and began feeding on organic life, gradually combining with each other into larger and more deadly forms." -from the Godzilla Wiki.
My favorite kaiju, made for Biocup 2019. Round theme was manmade natural/pollution disasters, and what's a more disastrous result of pollution/fallout than creating an actual monster? Especially Godzilla's cruelest foe, capable of destroying oxygen itself.
P.S. Labor of pure love right here. Honestly I'm so happy with him that I could be ok with not winning the redemption round. Smaug's wings were destined for this exact moc the second they entered my possession I swear lol.
This is really a Common Snapping Turtle.
He/she was very, VERY large!
I have seen some large turtles before, but this one's head appeared to be as large as my two fists side-by-side. I can't swear to that since I could not measure it. (I don't have super large hands though)
They get big, (not my hands) as I have read since online, but they are not supposed to get that large, but almost.
I was shooting herons and egrets in a swamp a couple of years ago and I heard a VERY LOUD splashing/bonking sound in a marshy cove, I looked over where it was coming from and TWO giant turtles were doing what appeared like BOXING! heheh I know, I know, but they either doing that or kung-fu fighting!
They duked it out for around at least 30 seconds or so, then I guess the (smaller of the two) loser swam away and this one came my way a couple of feet. Honestly, they fought so fast and splashed so much I couldn't tell what was going on at all.
He was only about 25 feet away from me here and where they were fighting. I had to raise my ISO because of the deep shade to get this shot, which is nothing but only a fairly good documentary shot.
I walked over slowly closer to him and placed my camera on this barkless fallen tree trunk and got this shot, I wasn't using a tripod on this camera that day. (I hardly ever use a tripod anyway, but I had three cameras by me and I used one on another camera)
Anyway, quite the excitement that morning, I had never seen turtles fight before.
When it was happening, I swear I was thinking in terms of Godzilla's monster mutants that he always fought in the 60's movies! :)
Taken at Village Creek Drying Beds (VCDB) in Arlington, Texas.
Scientific name: Chelydra serpentina
Experience the World of Godzilla in Shinjuku! - Shinjuku Guide (shinjuku-guide.com)
Shinjuku (新宿区) es una región especial de la Metrópolis de Tokio, en Japón.
Es el más importante centro comercial y administrativo de la Metrópolis de Tokio. En el mismo, se encuentra su famosa estación de trenes, que es la más utilizada del mundo, (un promedio de 3 millones de personas emplean la estación diariamente), además del Tochō (都庁) o edificio del Gobierno Metropolitano de Tokio, el cual es el centro de la administración de Tokio y símbolo urbano más importante de la parte oriental de Tokio. En el área cercana de la estación de Shinjuku se encuentra una gran concentración de tiendas de electrónica, centros comerciales como Odakyu, cines, resturantes y bares. Muchos hoteles internacionales poseen una sucursal en esta región especial, especialmente hacia el oeste de la región especial.
En el año 2008, la población estimada de esta región especial fue de 312.418, con una densidad poblacional de 17.140 personas por km², con un área total de 18,23 km².
Shinjuku posee la más alta tasa de inmigrantes registrados que cualquier otra región especial en la Metrópolis de Tokio. El día 1 de octubre del año 2005, 29.353 personas con 107 nacionalidades estuvieron registradas en Shinjuku, siendo los habitantes de Corea (del Norte y del Sur), China y Francia los más recurrentes.
Su nombre significa "nueva posada" (新-Nuevo, 宿-Posada, alojamiento)
Las regiones especiales en torno a Shinjuku son: Chiyoda al este; Bunkyo y Toshima al norte; Nakano al oeste; y Shibuya y Minato al sur. Además, Nerima está a pocos metros de distancia. El punto más alto de Shinjuku es el cerro Hakone, a 44,6 m, en el parque Toyama que se encuentra al este de las estaciones de Takadanobaba y Shin-Okubo. El punto más bajo está a 4,2 m en el área de Iidabashi.
Las regiones especiales en torno a Shinjuku son: Chiyoda al este; Bunkyo y Toshima al norte; Nakano al oeste; y Shibuya y Minato al sur. Además, Nerima está a pocos metros de distancia. El punto más alto de Shinjuku es el cerro Hakone, a 44,6 m, en el parque Toyama que se encuentra al este de las estaciones de Takadanobaba y Shin-Okubo. El punto más bajo está a 4,2 m en el área de Iidabashi.
Dentro de Shinjuku se encuentran áreas más específicas como:
Ichigaya, un área comercial, al este de Shinjuku. Se encuentra la Agencia de Defensa Japonesa.
Kabukichō, un distrito conocido por sus bares, restaurantes y como un zona roja, debido a las prostitutas y otros tipos de comercio sexual. Se encuentra al noreste de la estación de Shinjuku.
Nishi-shinjuku: en este distrito se encuentran la mayoría los rascacielos del barrio. Se encuentra al oeste de la estación de Shinjuku.
Okubo: es conocido por ser un distrito con abundancia de inmigrantes coreanos.
Shinanomachi: En la parte sureste se encuentra el Estadio Nacional, también conocido como el Estadio Olímpico.
Jardín Nacional Shinjuku Gyoen: es un gran parque con 58,3 hectáreas, con 3,5 km de radio, donde se mezclan el estilo japonés, inglés y francés en las decoraciones de los jardines.
Shinjuku ni-chome: es uno de los barrios gays de la Metrópolis de Tokio.
Waseda: se encuentra cercana a la Universidad de Waseda, que es una de las universidades privadas más prestigiosas de Japón.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku_(Tokio)
Shinjuku (Japanese: 新宿区, Hepburn: Shinjuku-ku) is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration centre for the government of Tokyo. As of 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 337,556, and a population density of 18,517 people per km². The total area is 18.23 km². Since the end of the Second World War, Shinjuku has been a major secondary center of Tokyo (fukutoshin), rivaling to the original city center in Marunouchi and Ginza. It literally means "New Inn Ward".
Shinjuku is also commonly used to refer to the entire area surrounding Shinjuku Station. The southern half of this area and of the station in fact belong to Yoyogi and Sendagaya districts of the neighboring Shibuya ward.
Shinjuku is surrounded by Chiyoda to the east; Bunkyo and Toshima to the north; Nakano to the west, and Shibuya and Minato to the south.
The current city of Shinjuku grew out of several separate towns and villages, which have retained some distinctions despite growing together as part of the Tokyo metropolis.
East Shinjuku (or administratively called Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku): The area east of Shinjuku Station and surrounding Shinjuku-sanchome Station, historically known as Naito-Shinjuku, houses the city hall and the flagship Isetan department store, as well as several smaller areas of interest:
Kabukichō: Tokyo's best-known red-light district, renowned for its variety of bars, restaurants, and sex-related establishments.
Golden Gai: An area of tiny shanty-style bars and clubs. Musicians, artists, journalists, actors and directors gather here, and the ramshackle walls of the bars are literally plastered with film posters.
Shinjuku Gyo-en: A large park, 58.3 hectares, 3.5 km in circumference, blending Japanese traditional, English Landscape and French Formal style gardens.
Shinjuku Ni-chōme: Tokyo's best-known gay district.
Nishi-Shinjuku: The area west of Shinjuku Station, historically known as Yodobashi, is home to Tokyo's largest concentration of skyscrapers. Several of the tallest buildings in Tokyo are located in this area, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, KDDI Building and Park Tower.
Ochiai: The northwestern corner of Shinjuku, extending to the area around Ochiai-minami-nagasaki Station and the south side of Mejiro Station, is largely residential with a small business district around Nakai Station.
Ōkubo: The area surrounding Okubo Station, Shin-Okubo Station and Higashi-Shinjuku Station is best known as Tokyo's historic ethnic Korean neighborhood after World War Ⅱ.
Totsuka: The northern portion of Shinjuku surrounding Takadanobaba Station and Waseda University, today commonly referred to as Nishi-Waseda. The Takadanobaba area is a major residential and nightlife area for students, as well as a commuter hub.
Toyama: A largely residential and school area, in the east of Ōkubo and south of Waseda University, extending to the area around Nishi-Waseda Station, Gakushuin Women's College and Toyama Park.
Ushigome: A largely residential area in the eastern portion of the city.
Ichigaya: A commercial area in eastern Shinjuku, site of the Ministry of Defense.
Kagurazaka: A hill descending to the Iidabashi Station area, once one of Tokyo's last remaining hanamachi or geisha districts, and currently known for hosting a sizable French community.[5]
Yotsuya: An upscale residential and commercial district in the southeast corner of Shinjuku. The Arakichō area is well known for its many small restaurants, bars, and izakaya.
"Shinjuku" is often popularly understood to mean the entire area surrounding Shinjuku Station, but the Shinjuku Southern Terrace complex and the areas to the west of the station and south of Kōshū Kaidō are part of the Yoyogi and Sendagaya districts of the special ward of Shibuya.
Naturally, most of Shinjuku is occupied by the Yodobashi Plateau, the most elevated portion of which extends through most of the Shinjuku Station area. The Kanda River runs through the Ochiai and Totsuka areas near sea level, but the Toshima Plateau also builds elevation in the northern extremities of Totsuka and Ochiai. The highest point in Shinjuku is Hakone-san in Toyama Park, 44.6 m above sea level.
Here's my version of the GTR R34.
As you can see through the pictures, this model can be customized to a more aggressive looking version of the Skyline with wider front bumper intakes, intercooler, nitros, black hood, trunk and mirrors, and bigger rear spoiler. It can be customized in a couple of minutes and could do multiple combinations using the customizing elements.
Everything can open in this model, trunk, hood doors and even the glove box.
I'll also build a blue version soon of this model as it's very iconic color for the Skyline R34.
This model was built at the scale of 1:16 and took me around 1 and a half months to finish.
Hope you like it and thanks for looking :-)
Digital instructions will be available soon on my website:
bricksgarage.com