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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!
Here's another attempt at an improved colorization. Upscaled using Waifu2x before the site started getting cranky.
Original upscaled black and white file here.
Previous colorization here.
The current version was colorized using Palette FM, which has a selection of different outputs. I don't recall which setting I used for this particular image.
The official description reads as follows, in French (with one or two misplaced accent marks) and Google Translated English:
La pluie tombe a flots sure la ville. Les gargouilles de Notre Dame, ces monstres comiques, accroupis sur les corniches, crachent sur les passauts les torrents d'eau qui descendent de toutes les plates-formes du venerable monument. Monsieur Le Quesne a imaginé une ironie a ce spectacle lamentable. Cette pluie qui tombe est l'amusement d'une petite fée, blottie dans un coin des tours, assise sur l'arete d'une moulure, et qui se rejoiuit de la disconfiture des bourgeois de Paris.
The rain is pouring down on the city. The gargoyles of Notre Dame, those comical monsters, squatting on the cornices, spit torrents of water on the steps which descend from all the platforms of the venerable monument. Monsieur Le Quesne has imagined an irony in this lamentable spectacle. This falling rain is the amusement of a little fairy, huddled in a corner of the towers, seated on the edge of a moulding, and who rejoices in the discomfiture of the bourgeois of Paris.
Lounge area adjacent to a set of restrooms at The Avenue, an upscale wing at American Dream, a shopping mall at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey. This wing, containing the most upscale and expensive stores in the entire mall, is decorated very differently than the rest of the mall, with different floor, wall, and ceiling treatments, different furniture, and different artworks. I don't quite know what to make of this section, as I'm not sure whether this kind of decor is supposed to appeal to wealthier clientele, or whether this is someone's perhaps misguided interpretation of what kind of facility that a more upscale clientele wants to see. I thought that the decor was quite gaudy, bordering on tacky, and was ridiculous to the point so as to seem almost like it was parodying expensive tastes.
More at The Schumin Web:
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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!
Parking garage stairwell
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Forest Fair Mall opened in 1989 with upscale anchors that included Bonwit Teller, B. Altman, Parisian, and Sakowitz. It also included Bigg's and Elder-Beerman as anchor stores. It consisted of 1.5 million square feet; the third largest mall in the US at the time. By the mid 1990s, all of the high-end stores left the mall (B. Altman and Sakowitz ended up going out of business altogether). By the time 2008 rolled around, ALL of the original anchors had closed.
Through the years, the mall had a handful of owners and was renamed at least 3 times over the years. It was known as Forest Fair Mall until 2004 when the Mills Corporation reopened it as Cincinnati Mills Mall after a $70 million renovation project which booted all of the inline stores and kept the theaters and what anchors had remained. Simon Malls acquired the Mills malls in 2007; in 2009 the mall was sold again and was renamed Cincinnati Mall, as the mills name didn't transfer with the sale. The mall's fourth name, Forest Fair Village, was announced in 2013, but that name appears nowhere on the building.
It could be argued that this mall should never have been built, as two other well-established malls (Northgate and Tri-County) are within 15 minutes of this mall and a third (Kenwood Towne Center) isn't too far away. Added to that is the fact that the blue-collar communities of Forest Park and Fairfield, where the mall is situated, were not able to support the high-end retail this mall originally featured. Finally, the exit where this mall is located did not develop the supporting retail as the aforementioned areas did.
At this point, I can count about 5 inline storefronts and three anchors that are open, plus one food court establishment. All of the rest of the shops show various degrees of closure - some have their gates pulled down, some have the gates pulled with plastic or tarp covering them and the store windows, and some have even had their entrances drywalled off.
Here's my faithful upscaled version of the minifig scale toolbox, but here's the twist! Instead of classic hardware, it contains LEGO themed goodies - resembling real world tools - that I believe would be helpful for any MOC creators.
You can support it on LEGO ideas: beta.ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/739dfb47-3e81-4e92-912a...
There are different kinds of Upscalings - here is used leonardo.ai - universal upscaler
and the standard 4K in Gencraft ai
One of the parking garage entrances, roped off.
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Forest Fair Mall opened in 1989 with upscale anchors that included Bonwit Teller, B. Altman, Parisian, and Sakowitz. It also included Bigg's and Elder-Beerman as anchor stores. It consisted of 1.5 million square feet; the third largest mall in the US at the time. By the mid 1990s, all of the high-end stores left the mall (B. Altman and Sakowitz ended up going out of business altogether). By the time 2008 rolled around, ALL of the original anchors had closed.
Through the years, the mall had a handful of owners and was renamed at least 3 times over the years. It was known as Forest Fair Mall until 2004 when the Mills Corporation reopened it as Cincinnati Mills Mall after a $70 million renovation project which booted all of the inline stores and kept the theaters and what anchors had remained. Simon Malls acquired the Mills malls in 2007; in 2009 the mall was sold again and was renamed Cincinnati Mall, as the mills name didn't transfer with the sale. The mall's fourth name, Forest Fair Village, was announced in 2013, but that name appears nowhere on the building.
It could be argued that this mall should never have been built, as two other well-established malls (Northgate and Tri-County) are within 15 minutes of this mall and a third (Kenwood Towne Center) isn't too far away. Added to that is the fact that the blue-collar communities of Forest Park and Fairfield, where the mall is situated, were not able to support the high-end retail this mall originally featured. Finally, the exit where this mall is located did not develop the supporting retail as the aforementioned areas did.
At this point, I can count about 5 inline storefronts and three anchors that are open, plus one food court establishment. All of the rest of the shops show various degrees of closure - some have their gates pulled down, some have the gates pulled with plastic or tarp covering them and the store windows, and some have even had their entrances drywalled off.
An upscaled, 3D-printed version of LEGO part 30368: Minifig Helmet Darth Vader.
This was done to (take advantage of and) commemorate the launch of the LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga computer game.
This was printed at 500% (125x) the size of the original part.
my office is on the edge of both Chinatown and the leather district. but they really interweave quite a bit or, rather, Chinatown has spread! this area is very interesting and lively combining chinese markets and restaurants, avant garde businesses, upscale restaurants and sandwich joints and residences. if the young lady continues straight, she will come upon south station. but before she hits south station, my beloved starbucks is on the left!!!!
the young lady was very kind when i asked her if i could photograph her little dogs--so adorable in their coats. but then i just kept on shooting and that's when i got the shots i like most--except for one of the dogs which i will post at another time.
street photography is another one of my loves and another area that i would love to improve during this 365 project. i know, like anything else, practice makes perfect or, as i heard recently, practice makes practice--you choose!
With my friend Beverly in Raleigh after dining out at Applebee's. We were celebrating her birthday but I felt like it was my birthday because before we met I had a chance to pick up these awesome boots at DSW for about half price, then went to an upscale consignment shop and got some jeans, more heels, and a scarf.
I meet my friends out when I can and get out about once a week with my boyfriend Mitchell who works out of state, but I also try to get out on my own at least once a week. I mainly try to do normal things like going shopping or going to the grocery store. I don't always have money to buy anything but I think its important to get out in the real world and assimilate into society as best I can. I certainly feel a lot better about myself when I do, and girls it isn't always about being passable. I have some friends that really preach acceptance over passability and they are right. We will always get read some places no matter how well we do and I run into the nicest people and it really gives me encouragement and hope.
The Delano is an upscale resort hotel located at 1685 Collins Avenue in sunny Miami Beach, Florida. The resort features 194 guest rooms, suites and lofts, and is located directly on the beach. Delano is now a part of the Morgans Hotel Group collection. The Delano is known for its whimsical, art-deco styling and its celebrity clientele. The lobby is a mecca for late-night minglers.
In 2007, the Delano Hotel was ranked in the American Institute of Architects list of "America's Favorite Architecture". On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed the Delano Hotel on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places.
The Delano was designed in 1947 by famed architect Robert Swartburg. The Delano was built in 1947 by Rob and Rose Schwartz. The hotel was originally used for military housing and more.
The then four-winged Art Deco tower of the Delano was the tallest building in Miami, dwarfing the Miami News & Metropolis (Freedom Tower) built in 1925 in downtown Miami and rising majestically above the sand and surf of Miami Beach.
The 1994 renovations were designed by Philippe Starck. The hotel is named after Franklin D. Roosevelt the 32nd President of the United States of America.
The Delano is an upscale resort hotel located at 1685 Collins Avenue in sunny Miami Beach, Florida. The resort features 194 guest rooms, suites and lofts, and is located directly on the beach. Delano is now a part of the Morgans Hotel Group collection. The Delano is known for its whimsical, art-deco styling and its celebrity clientele. The lobby is a mecca for late-night minglers.
In 2007, the Delano Hotel was ranked in the American Institute of Architects list of "America's Favorite Architecture". On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed the Delano Hotel on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places.
The Delano was designed in 1947 by famed architect Robert Swartburg. The Delano was built in 1947 by Rob and Rose Schwartz. The hotel was originally used for military housing and more.
The then four-winged Art Deco tower of the Delano was the tallest building in Miami, dwarfing the Miami News & Metropolis (Freedom Tower) built in 1925 in downtown Miami and rising majestically above the sand and surf of Miami Beach.
The 1994 renovations were designed by Philippe Starck. The hotel is named after Franklin D. Roosevelt the 32nd President of the United States of America.
The upscale 900 North Michigan was developed by Urban Retail Properties and opened in 1988 with Bloomingdale's as its anchor store.
The design of 900 North Michigan corrected several design flaws in Water Tower Place including an easier to navigate layout and placing Bloomingdale's at the back of the mall to draw shoppers past the specialty stores.
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!
An upscaled old 1960s footstool. It was re-coved with a hand sewn, machine quilted piece comprising of fussy cut, handsewn 1" hexagons, (English paper pieced). I'm really pleased with how this turned out.
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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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