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Anshun Lang Bridge. It is actually an overpriced restaurant but pedestrians can still use it to cross the Jin river.
The phenomenon of upscale hill fog.
Fog is one of Mother Nature's most magnificent displays.
This atmospheric marvel, called 'upslope fog', are actually clouds that touch the ground, formed when water vapor in the air condenses around microscopic dust, salt or other particles and morphs into suspended water droplets or ice crystals. Upslope fog is formed when air flows upwards over rising terrain. It is a type of hill fog. When viewed from clear air above, the observer will look down on the top surface of the cloud.
I spent some time at Station Hengelo recently trying to recreate this shot from the early 1900s as accurately as possible. The challenge isn't just finding the spot, but waiting for the scene to mirror the past.
This is the start of a new series where I explore the history of my hometown Hengelo through my lens.
Stay tuned for more!
Original image from stationsinfo.nl (AI-upscaled).
As suggested by Motian, the shoulder racks are now closer to the center torso, making the whole mech look more slender. Also, since I can't fully avoid light bley on this construction, I tried to use it a little more consistently here.
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I was drawn to the contrast between the buff and red bricks.
Nikon D750 - AF Nikkor 28-105mm 1:3.5-4.5D
Adobe Lightroom CC
I made an upscaled 6654 Motorcycle Transport from 1983 at 3x for the Festival of Mundanity. Wanted to share some comparisons and better posed renders of the "set." Each part was made individually and with slight modification, can be attached together like real bricks. This was a project that challenged my Lego building skills and Lego math comprehension. While most parts are near perfect, the minifig and motorcycle presented a real challenge and suffer the most proportional problems. I hope to build this IRL one day soon, but for now, I hope you can enjoy this build!
Our visit to the Observation Deck at Zurich Airport, April 2014, entrance fee incl. free drink. Highly recommended, good viewing of aircraft stands, several airlines, infrastructure, seating, kids amenities, airport descriptions, destinations info, flight info and overall excellent infrastructure.
Now an upscale restaurant, the Grand Concourse at Station Square used to be the main train/ railway station of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad. In 1873, the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE) was first chartered and in 1877, construction began on a rail line connecting Pittsburgh to Youngstown. In 1879, the P&LE officially opened for commercial traffic and later became known as the Little Giant for the amount of tonnage that it moved.
By 1970, passenger traffic stopped using this station. Thankfully the building was not demolished but rather re-developed into a mixed-use hotel, office, retail, dining and entertainment complex in the 1990s.
Unfortunately, this will not fit in my current photo setup so I had to improvise.
This is an approximate 3x upscaled version of the Classic Space Set #462 - Mobile Rocket Launcher. Original reference picture is here.
I tried to stay true to the original set, by maintaining all of the original functions. The only color differences are the trans-clear headlights on both the truck and trailer, and the trans-yellow windshield. All light bley parts except for two light grey hinge plates and computer console slopes.
For each 2x2 round rocket brick on the original, I used 3 4x4 round bricks. The wheels are 3x larger, if not more, and the overall stud length is almost exactly 3x as long. All WIP photos for this project are now public and can be found in my Classic Space set.
This will be on display with the original set at the Polk State College Art Gallery from October 31st to December 9th for a GFLUG art show titled "The Art of Play".
A good friend of mine, Shohei, is an executive chef at a Japanese Restaurant whose owner happens to also own a small cafe which hosts an art gallery once a month. This gives my friend a chance to get a little more creative with the menu, and me a chance to practice showcasing!
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A travesty of Justice
Based on an actual occurrence
We are looking for the name (Melody?) and hopefully a photo of a somewhat obscure actress of the early silent film era. She apparently was the victim of a jewel robbery. The robbery occurred either in her apartment suite, or a local speakeasy, in New York City. Her real name was never mentioned, only that she was the wife of a wealthy( apparently influential ) New York City Business man.
One weekend, while he was out of town, she left his South Hampton mansion and went out to sample the night life New York City for the weekend. During that time, she reported to police that she had been robbed in her penthouse suite by a masked burglar to the tune of 75,000 worth of jewelry... Police theorized that the lady had been followed home after being tipped off by someone on the hotels staff who saw her leave wearing the jewels. In what may have been a rather cruel twist of injustice, an elevator valet with a Juvenile criminal background was arrested for the crime, tried without any real evidence, convicted and put in prison. Years later He died under mysterious circumstances while still incarcerated in a New York Prison. The Ladies jewelry was never reported recovered. According to our source, the whole story was “hogwash”
Our source stated that her apartment was never “burglarized” and that she made up the story to prevent the insanely jealous husband she was involved with from finding out the truth.
According to our source “Melody “was a silent film actress who had married a well to do gentleman known both for his uncontrollable temper and for the lavish jewelry he bought for her. This lady had had been wearing some of her expensive jewelry while out on the town in N.Y.C. On this particular evening (sometime during the 1920’s) Melinda was being chaperoned for the evening by a male with a rather dubious background. This man was said to be a well-known City “raker”, a handsomely roguish man with a well-known reputation for escorting wealthy married ladies, as well as a reputation with the police as having connections with the underworld, mainly orchestrating burglaries. His given name was not mentioned. After attending a show and a couple of nightclubs, he insisted that “Melody” go with him to a local underground gambling joint for a few (then illegal) drinks.
Late that evening (or early morning), a group of masked hoodlums held up the speakeasy, and its patrons in attendance at the time. It was believed that they were mainly after the money being gambled. But not only did they take all the money, but they also made the richly attired ladies present hand over all their jewels. Including those being worn by, we believe, our mystery women who supposedly was being robbed in her apartment at the same time.
Two weeks later the Actress’s male escort, throat slit, was found floating in the Hudson River. When the body was fished from the river it was discovered that his ring finger had been hacked off. Possibly given to someone as a warning.
Since some of the male patrons in attendance were in the governments’ employ, Tammany Hall took over the investigation and apparently hushed up the whole incident. The full story never made it to the local newspapers, although supposedly the New Yorker Magazine had some questions (could not find any reference) No crime was reported, no one was arrested, nor any of the property ever “reportedly” recovered.
The above info was, told to us by an old vaudeville magician who had performed with a young lady whose stage name of Melody, this was all he could remember. She eventually became a silent era ‘B’ actress under a name he could not recall. He thought she may have had a minor role as an actress appearing in the 1911 silent film version of the Poseidon Adventure.
We have been searching in the New York Times, but have failed to turn up any related story to the speakeasy hold up. Although we did find a few similar stories about women being bound and robbed of their jewels, but no exact matches to the penthouse robbery so far.
We strongly believe, based on the vaudevillian’s story, that the Penthouse robbery never occurred. And the jewels that the elevator valet was accused of stealing were actually relinquished to one of the thugs that held up the gambling joint. The main clue we don’t possess is a name for the Lady. This would at least give us a starting point to investigate our theory.
If anyone out could shed some lights on this little mystery we would greatly appreciate it.
As a sidelight, the gambling joint’s robbery was closely reflected in the casino robbery scene from the movie” Uptown Saturday Night” Coincidence or not?
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