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While we aren't trying to exactly recreate actual historical building, we have done a lot of research so our structures are somewhat similar, some even turned out very close to looking like the original, even if they are just meant to be 'inspired' by the real things. There's a couple examples in this 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition section of the park.... The interior of the Horticulture Building... We made a smaller version of the Main Exhibition Building... The "Art Gallery" shown in the screens above is based on the Memorial Hall at the Exposition, which still stands and is home to the Touch Museum... Citytrader already showed the photograph of the Statue of Liberty's arm and torch above. The layout of the 1876 Exposition, while fairly small, is also quite open. The actual Exposition was also spread out with a lot of lawns and wooded areas. Many of the banners and signs in this area are actual period artwork. (And ignore the areo-plane on the carousel on the earlier screenshot...the very idea of mankind flying through the sky like birds is preposterous! Why our steam locomotives already roar down the rails at 30 miles an hour! Mankind was not meant to travel at speeds any higher than that! To reach the velocity needed to remain aloft such flights of fancy would require speeds prone to cause the weaker sex to swoon and even strapping gentlemen to go dizzy. Nothing will ever come of it...)

Citytrader wrote: Here is a picture of the actual arm at the fair; We put a Hats Fantastic in the display. They sell Liberty Hats!

Citytrader wrote: The next area we will visit is the recreation of the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition, which sits across a small bridge from Patriot Plaza. Here's the view from Patriots Plaza; That statue is just to remind you whose park you are visiting! The approach from the bridge; The beautiful Art Gallery; The Horticulture Building; Part of the massive interior; The 1876 Steam Operated Carousel is a very popular attraction; The main exposition building; The arm of the Statue of Liberty was on display, and for a dime, you could climb the ladder to the torch; Looking back toward Patriot Plaza from Fountain Square at the Exposition;

Citytrader wrote: As Wagi said, we had been busy, well, he was anyway! Contrary to popular belief, it was Wagi who provided the home movies of the 1939 fair! Thought it might be fun to get back to our tour of the park, so here goes! Here's a look at Patriot Plaza, which has paths branching out to the other lands we will be exploring in the future! By the way, the park is now in three parts, and may very well wind up in four separate benches. The parking tram delivers guests from the remote lots; Arriving at the main gate; Watch the changing of the guard at the Customs House; The plaza is lined with various shops and eateries; Turning right sends you into colonial America, where you can visit Liberty Square or Sleepy Hollow, and you can even join Lewis and Clark on their epic Expedition of Discovery! A left turn takes you to the 19th century where you can visit the Industrial Revolution, explore Edison's lab, or stroll along the Promenade, a seaside boardwalk circa 1895. Walking straight ahead leads you to the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, where the telephone and other famous inventions were first unveiled; Welcome to Disney's America!

The Perisphere above is made out of art shapes...but not by me. It was in the Workshop but when I looked to recall the designer's name that I'd forgotten I couldn't find it! So apologies to him or her, I was going to attempt to make my own but your blueprint worked perfectly and I thank you! The Trylon is a TMTK item...actually seven items as there's an 8 meter size limit for each section, so they just stack to reach the full height. And they were actually made by...me. I finally figured out the TMTK process of creating each piece in SketchUp (which I was familiar with...), importing the file into Blender (which I was NOT familiar with) and then into the TMTK editor. Amazingly enough they actually worked! Oh, and the Barber Shop is by Quidam. I gutted it, replaced the windows and added an interior, but the original blueprint was theirs.

Just over two months later and we were back to remind you about this project...ain't you lucky! While we don't post too much, lots has been accomplished. No, really. It has. Trust me. Citytrader uses work as an excuse...while I'm no longer bothered with that thankless task. But unfortunately also at Citytrader's advanced age he sometimes forgets what he's working on for days at a time only to wander around muttering to himself even when not at work, so it may seem slow...and you'd be right. But it's worth it. No really. It is. Trust me. But I'm here to post a couple screens as proof that progress...and time...marches on and we really haven't been just lazin' around playing Solitaire or snoozin' away in the Lazy-Boy instead...well, I haven't anyways... As Citytrader remembered to tell you above in a rare moment of clarity, we're going to sample different historical time periods in American History (all of which Citytrader has first-hand knowledge of, of course...) as well as sampling some of the World's Fairs that have occurred over the years (and by 'sampling' I mean we ran out of room to model the entire thing in each case...). Here's a case in point... Of course America isn't just about World Fairs, so there's a lot of other time periods represented as well...like small town America right before WWII... Betty Lou's too cheap to get her hair done in town by a beautician, she sneaks over to the Barber Shop and has Clyde the Barber trim up her bangs at closing...too bad he can't touch up her roots while he's at it... And we've even have a few things I just fabricated out of thin air cause I had the bench that week, so there! No guarantee that it wouldn't be another two months before we posted again, but that's like "break-neck speeds" for some of us Seniors...

Citytrader and I have been working on a park based on the unbuilt Disney America Park for what seems like the better part of a decade...or two. We had to break down the park into individual benches to get the amount of details we wanted and still be able to allow a few peeps in the door and the rides to function. There was a rather lengthy thread at Shyguy's (and a shorter one on the Frontier PC forums...), so I wanted to copy and paste parts of the thread from SGW here to recap progress as we're nearing the release of a couple more benches soon...ish. So, we'll get started... Citytrader wrote: Most of you are aware with my interest in, OK, obsession with Disney's America. Wagi and I were sitting out on the back porch (virtually) chewing the cud, (not each others arms or legs) when we hit on the idea of doing a bit of a hybrid park, sort of Disney's America as seen through the eyes of the iconic World's Fairs that the United States has hosted. So we set out to create a park that combines the better parts of the original DA with our own spin, and then areas of the park dedicated to the 1876, 1904, and 1939 World's Fairs. As usual, our ideas far outweigh the limits of the game, so we have split the bench in two, and will be releasing it in two parts. Some of the areas of the park were pretty much copied from Disney's original designs, but the bulk of it is ours! We have also created a few walls and even a couple of custom bits for the park which we will release with the benches. See if you can spot any! Also, a very special thanks to Jurre for his parking lot bench that was the start to the park! As with the original park, one starts in the parking lot at Colony circle, where the flags of the original 13 states proudly fly; Liberty Fountain points the way to the entrance; Approaching the front gates, you can find the usual strollers, wheelchairs, and locker rentals; Tour of Patriot Plaza next!