Model Railroads, Slums, & Pawn Shops
October 17th, 2005
I learned last year that friend and fellow designer Peter Feigenbaum has an amazing train layout in his basement. He’s drawn upon scenes of urban decay in the Boston, Philadelphia, and NYC metropolitan areas, and the result is a set of lovingly crafted but entirely seedy and run-down scenes. Dilapidated corner groceries, pawn shops and scrap dealers inhabit these streets, and Pete is hilariously straight-faced in his comments, not to mention extremely knowledgeable about the specifics of urban transportation. “Former freight house, now an outlet store,” or “Close-up of a burned-out commercial zone, inspired by the South Bronx,” among other gems.
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Update: Peter’s posted some new photos on his site – check them out!
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October 16th, 2005 at 11:47 pm
this is fantastic!
my favorite detail has to be the grafiti. I can’t imagine how long it must have taken to draw it on so small!
October 17th, 2005 at 7:13 am
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October 17th, 2005 at 10:44 am
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October 17th, 2005 at 10:46 am
those images are amazing, I’m in NYC and let me say those sites are amazing.
October 17th, 2005 at 2:02 pm
hey who was the first anonymous? they said “han” as far as I can tell. I only know korean letters, but not what they mean. Perhaps “hangul”? haha.
October 18th, 2005 at 6:24 am
thats hawt
September 14th, 2006 at 5:25 pm
Are you sure 33756 about this?!?
October 25th, 2007 at 10:50 am
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June 13th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
You should see the ‘Downtown Deco’ brand of model RR buildings. Plaster cast, but with incredible detail- made to look seedy!