MYT 2012: deadline reached!

Hi everyone! 


As many of you know, we finally reached the due date of the competition which was on March 1. We were trying to make as much as we were able to make to have a competitive number of models. So at this point we finished 68 models, maybe this is not a really huge number for someone, but a lot of them were quite tough to make to have all the significant details on them. Overall we think we did a quite good job, the only one thing that we regret is that we didn't have enough time to make more models, but as you know, we are students as well and have a VERY BUSY semester now. It was quite hard to manage studying and making models in a fast pace. Anyway we want to present you the last models we made:

Christopher Columbus Monument

One Landmark Square

University of Connecticut Campus

On the right - One Stamford Forum

400 Atlantic St

Stamford Plaza

Columbus Park

Fish Church

1010 Washington Blvd

Financial Centre

World Trade Center Memorial

We want to thank you for your all support and comments and good luck everyone with your towns!

And finger crossed for Stamford! ;-)

cheers,

Dominika (dominikadkd@gmail.com)
and Filip (athinaioos@gmail.com)

New update!

Hi everyone!


Since we both started with the Spring Semester at our college, it is really hard to find enough time to model our city. That’s because the classes that we are taking require a lot of attention too. Therefore, we were really glad to manage finishing another block in Stamford! We are still working on couple of new models, but we wish we could have a little bit more time to do it… However, we are definitely going to make at least one update before March 1st. Stay tuned and thanks for viewing our blog!

Screen shots from Google Earth showing new buildings:

cheers,

Dominika and Filip

Old Town Hall

Hi everyone!


Today we created a 3D model of another significant building in our city. We want to show you Old Town Hall of Stamford:

The original Town Hall of Stamford, Connecticut was opened on November 1, 1871 on the corner of Atlantic and Main Street. It was a red brick building in Second Empire and Victorian Gothic style. Unfortunately in February of 1904, the structure caught fire and all but the shell remained as ash. In 1905 architects Edgar Josselyn and Nathan Mellon were hired to design a new town hall, which is the one that remains today.

The original Town Hall of Stamford

The original Town Hall after fire

It is a three-story building in Beaux Arts style, which was a very popular style of architecture at the turn of the twentieth century. It includes floor to ceiling windows, a stunning grand divided staircase with iron-rod railings, a Czechoslovakian glass ceiling above the staircase, terrazzo tile flooring and scagliola plaster on the lobby walls. The outside is limestone faced, flanked with Corinthian columns, and topped with a large clock tower. Its original purpose was to house the office of the mayor, city officials, the police station, courthouse, and even a horse stable.

Rebuilt Town Hall

After World War II though, this building simply could not accommodate the increasing demand for municipal services and offices in the growing City of Stamford. The city officials and Mayor got dispersed to other buildings on and off Atlantic Street. In 1961 the city purchased 429 Atlantic Street from Hartford Electric Light Company to serve as offices for the growing government. By 1963, the only city operations left in Old Town Hall were the town clerk, the judge of probate, and the registrars of voters.

In 1972 there was a movement to preserve this beautiful building and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1986, the city purchased the modern office building at 888 Washington Boulevard and moved all the city government offices and the Mayor to this current location. From around 1988 till today, OTH has remained vacant. In 2009 was completed an expansion of the building, was added a new wing with modern looking glass facade. 

Old Town Hall today with new glass facade

Some snapshots from Google Earth showing the model:

Thanks for reading, see you at next update! ;)


Best regards,


Dominika and Filip

Main St and Bank St completed!

Hi everyone! 


Today we finally finished two important streets in town - Main St and Bank St. They are part of The Downtown Stamford Historic District. It is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The originally listed area included part of all Atlantic, Main, Bank and Bedford Streeets and examples of Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian and Commercial Vernacular architecture. Today this is a popular place to hang out with friends, to get a drink in one of many bars, to enjoy a great cuisine and to have fun at clubs.


You can find our models >>HERE<<.


Some photos of completed buildings:

New models coming soon! :)


Best regards,
Dominika and Filip

First cluster completed

First of all, Happy New Year 2012! 

We are happy to announce that the first cluster of downtown has been completed :)

So far, 14 buildings has been finished, more to come soon ! :-)

best,

Dominika and Filip

Trump Parc

Hi everyone!


Today we want to present our first uploaded model from our project - Trump Parc Stamford.
It is a luxury apartment tower located in the heart of downtown Stamford. Since it was completed in 2009 it became the tallest structure in city. Because it is a quite new building with a great design, it became a new icon of Stamford, we wanted to get some more information about the tower. Luckily, over a week ago, we successfully contacted and made an appointment with sales representative to meet at the office, which is located on the 25th floor at Trump Parc :-) We came to the office and met a very helpful sales representative, who gave us some brochures and even elevation plans, so obviously really helps creating a decent 3D model. Thank you again!
After we took a small trip to see some model apartments. They are just amazing, nice furnished and the views are to die for...especially the west view, which offers views of NYC skyline! It just reminded me, how close we live to the City. We were also at the 7th floor, where located are the amenities, such as swimming pool, fitness center, lounge, party room and billiard room. When we were there, some workers thought that we are potential buyers...oh well, we are just students! :-) But it was a great visit!


Here is the completed model of the tower:

brochures and plans:

view from one model apartment with NYC skyline:

New models are coming really soon:) stay tuned!


Best regards,


Dominika and Filip

Hello everybody!

Couple weeks ago Google announced the "2012 Google Model Your Town Competition", so we decided to enter the competition and we are happy to say, that we are going to create Stamford, Connecticut! :) Let me introduce our team: 

Dominika Fronckiewicz

Filip Michalowski

Both of us are students of NCC (Norwalk Community College) and we study Architectural Engineering. We are originally from Poland, but we've been living here in USA for couple of years. 

Our plan is to create Stamford's downtown in 3D, which contains the most important buildings in the city as well they show city's character. We would like to create as much models as we are able to make, but of course the quality goes first :) Below is shown a map of Stamford with highlighted areas which we want to make.

We will be posting our progress on this blog, sharing some important information about the buildings we are going to create and of course some info about Stamford. We will be working hard to make a beautiful 3D representation of our city. :-)

Thanks for reading and an update is coming soon, so stay tuned! :)

best regards,

Dominika and Filip