Urban renewal

Wow! Great looking building! I never knew matchsticks could look so good...lol

-Greg

2000 match sticks?!  That building is....... striking!!

Very nice work, Alex!

Fantastic!

Peter

That scene is amazing!

I think that UP passenger train below GCT may be a little bit lost though! .

-Dave

Ben Alex's Pan Am building is even more stunning in place than his pictures of the build conveyed.  An absolutely wonderful addition to an already great layout. So when do the Empire State and Chrysler building get added?

Dave45681 posted:

That scene is amazing!

I think that UP passenger train below GCT may be a little bit lost though! .

-Dave

 

Its not to far fetched   We had the Union Pacific in Grand Central in 1934

Excellent !! Those are great matchsticks!

WOW!!!....Alex...you did a great job!  I was wondering why none of the stores in our area had match sticks!!....you must have used up the entire national supply...

Very nice model.  For the prototype, I thought Grand Central looked better when the Pan Am building didn't block out the view of the New York Central office building. 

BTW, I thought those matchsticks got used in an episode of the Honeymooners.

Amazing , nice photos to. 

That really looks fantastic. Alex, you did a great job on the building. The placement really creates a very nice scene.

alan graziano

Tremendous! Wish I was there.

Sure, mountains, streams, and tunnels make great outdoor scenes, but an urban cityscape has its charms.  Hobbyists who "build up, not out," deserve accolades too.

Mike M.  (ritrainguy)

Looks awesome! 👍

bluelinec4 posted:

we have been working on our downtown area.  Just added the pan am building that was constructed by Alex Malliae.  He built it out of 2000 matchsticks from the emperor of japans house

The Pan Am Building.  Another fine example of urban renewal gone wrong.  Not your model of course.  But in the real world, the city planners of New York, put this big box of a building right behind a classical piece of architecture.  What were they thinking ?   Apparently they weren't.  

Hi everyone, 

Thank you for the nice comments, it was a fun build and I enjoyed it. I’m honored that it’s sits on one of the best club layouts in the country! Special thanks to Ben for giving me the opportunity to built it  

Thanks, Alex 

Wicked. Great work.

Dan Padova posted:

bluelinec4 posted:

we have been working on our downtown area.  Just added the pan am building that was constructed by Alex Malliae.  He built it out of 2000 matchsticks from the emperor of japans house

The Pan Am Building.  Another fine example of urban renewal gone wrong.  Not your model of course.  But in the real world, the city planners of New York, put this big box of a building right behind a classical piece of architecture.  What were they thinking ?   Apparently they weren't.  

It wasnt city planners that did that  It was the New York Central Railroad selling their air rights above grand central.  Blame the railroad

coach joe posted:

Ben Alex's Pan Am building is even more stunning in place than his pictures of the build conveyed.  An absolutely wonderful addition to an already great layout. So when do the Empire State and Chrysler building get added?

Empire state building weas installed a few months back by a very famous Traingeneer

What a fantastic build.  Not to nit-pick but I counted well over 3500 match sticks but who's counting.  Incredible  work Alex.

bluelinec4 posted:

Dan Padova posted:

bluelinec4 posted:

we have been working on our downtown area.  Just added the pan am building that was constructed by Alex Malliae.  He built it out of 2000 matchsticks from the emperor of japans house

The Pan Am Building.  Another fine example of urban renewal gone wrong.  Not your model of course.  But in the real world, the city planners of New York, put this big box of a building right behind a classical piece of architecture.  What were they thinking ?   Apparently they weren't.  

It wasnt city planners that did that  It was the New York Central Railroad selling their air rights above grand central.  Blame the railroad

Good point.  On the other hand, when you compare what NYC did to what the PRR did to Pennsylvania Station, the NYC RR comes out smelling like roses.

FWIW, here's an image of GCT with the NYC RR Office Building visible behind it.  In addition to being a fitting backdrop for GCT, it represents the best of 20th century New York city building architecture, IMHO.

PGentieu posted:

bluelinec4 posted:

Dan Padova posted:

bluelinec4 posted:

we have been working on our downtown area.  Just added the pan am building that was constructed by Alex Malliae.  He built it out of 2000 matchsticks from the emperor of japans house

The Pan Am Building.  Another fine example of urban renewal gone wrong.  Not your model of course.  But in the real world, the city planners of New York, put this big box of a building right behind a classical piece of architecture.  What were they thinking ?   Apparently they weren't.  

It wasnt city planners that did that  It was the New York Central Railroad selling their air rights above grand central.  Blame the railroad

Good point.  On the other hand, when you compare what NYC did to what the PRR did to Pennsylvania Station, the NYC RR comes out smelling like roses.

FWIW, here's an image of GCT with the NYC RR Office Building visible behind it.  In addition to being a fitting backdrop for GCT, it represents the best of 20th century New York city building architecture, IMHO.

I couldn't agree more.  Both about your opinion on New York City "Best of 20th Century architecture" and the fact that we still, at least, have Grand Central.  Thanks for posting the photo.  

Thanks for setting me straight Ben.  I had forgotten about that post.