It’s a milestone of sorts, the last major structure on The Downtown Spur, 2201 17th Avenue, is now a wrap. Although building the structure itself was fairly straightforward, the surrounding scratch-built palms, and back parking lot took some time. Here’s the back parking lot. The biggest challenge was finding a finely detailed wrought iron fence. […]
Quiskeya Foods. Facing south from 71st Street. November 29, 2024, Tolga Erbora Photo. The ever-vigilant Tolga Erbora recently sent me this photo, taken on Lead 1 in FEC’s CIS Industrial Park. You’re facing south. The industry is Quiskeya Foods. If you take a second and put the entire scene into context it has interesting implications […]
I remember visiting the Miami rail scene for the first time as if it were yesterday. No photo, video, or television screen could match the all-encompassing sensory experience of seeing it in person. The heat, breeze, humidity, sounds, smell, and impossible-to-define energy completely transcended any previous ways I’d thought of it. It was the same […]
The new job in my shop is based on CNW’s famed Alco Line. To see some photos of where things stand so far, check out the blog on my business site.
When modeling asphalt, the challenge is to get away from an overly uniform color pattern…easier said than done. I tried something new this weekend. -Start by painting your street or parking lot surface with Rustoleum Light Gray Primer and let it dry. -For the second level I used “Charcoal” colored grout. A nice quality of […]