I was totally zoned into my build yesterday when I see on the Global wire that dbzfan345 is in this very chatty, come see what I've done, mode and makes an announcement about a Union Station building which he's done over at the Fantasia build site. So I immediate put on my interview cap and check the camera, before entering the coordinates into the teleport box on the pull down menu. For anyone who doesn't know dbzfan345, he is one of the young citizens who prefers hanging with SirGreendown over at AWteen and can be found often at the LZ contributing to the chat gathering there. I'm sure he'll be very helpful as well with any questions you have regarding activities in AWteen. Here is the chat log of that interview:
dbzfan345: *googles*
Highwayman: nah just a litter bug
dbzfan345: "he New York office of Grimshaw and LA based Gruen Associates were officially awarded the Los Angeles Union Station master plan in July of 2012"
dbzfan345: that?
Highwayman: like how they call it master plan, like it's devious or something............lol
memyself: does it have fricken lazers
Tree Saw: Good point hwm
dbzfan345: sadly no lazers
dbzfan345: but there are bad tempered sea bass
Highwayman: lol
memyself: cant be evil then :(
Tree Saw: lol dbz
dbzfan345: lol
dbzfan345: you stalker you!
Highwayman: wb father
Highwayman: . oops forgot the dot
Father.: Highwayman you're a low level NPC
Father.: but because I want your cape
Father.: I died fighting you
Highwayman: lol
Highwayman: hmm, i'll hide it somewheres in AW, you find it it's urs.lol
dbzfan345: anyway
Highwayman: and yes,it will be a cloth cape...
dbzfan345: Anyone who wants to check out my Union Station built, its at 5830.48N 5539.91E 0.01a 181
dbzfan345: i'm really proud of this thing
dbzfan345: :)
Highwayman: is it the place with the black semi-circles in the walkway?
dbzfan345: no
Highwayman: the lot over?.
Highwayman: lol
dbzfan345: http://blog.archpaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/union_station.jpg
Dodgy: Zephyr
Lico: very nice design
Highwayman: wow that looks so real, nice job...
Dodgy: you live near this
Highwayman: hehe
Lico: me? no
Zephyr Fox: hi here to chek out union station
Dodgy: Zephyr Fox
dbzfan345: welcome :)
Zephyr Fox: how about a tour?
Tree Saw: that is an awesome looking place irl
dbzfan345: of the station?
Tree Saw: the link yes
Zephyr Fox: yup,this is fantasia right?
Tree Saw: is that the one in real world Los Angeles?
dbzfan345: yes to both
Tree Saw: cool
Tree Saw: i wondered what LA might look like on the shore
Highwayman: eyes the nasa sign
Tree Saw: not Talons LA :)
dbzfan345: you want a tour of the station zephyr?
Zephyr Fox: sure but I keep hitting the doors. They don't automatically open?
Tree Saw: talon can u tell me if my status is afk or not?
Highwayman: you could build the old dragnet police building.hehe
Tree Saw: i cant tell even after adding myself to contacts
dbzfan345: ha
dbzfan345: hollow
dbzfan345: this is alpha
dbzfan345: theres no way this things getting an inside
dbzfan345: the lots not big enough to move command all the objects into place
Tree Saw: ooh that one's pretty tooo
Zephyr Fox: OK I'm in the courtyard now.
dbzfan345: i really like how it turned out
dbzfan345: talon has the best plant images :)
Zephyr Fox: will this be a turminus for movers?
Zephyr Fox: *terminus
dbzfan345: i don't mess with movers myself
dbzfan345: its just the central focal point of the park
dbzfan345: on the other side of the build is another park with a fountain
Zephyr Fox: are you planning a club here?
dbzfan345: nah
dbzfan345: i'm never on at the right times to run a club
dbzfan345: i'll leave club building in ozy's hands
Zephyr Fox: As you know TGIF is on the move. A great way to show case a build.
Zephyr Fox: Ozy building here as well?
dbzfan345: i've been mostly on a realistic, but hollow, building kick this past year
dbzfan345: not in this city, no
dbzfan345: hes mostly in yellow i think
Zephyr Fox: Have you been to Kuma Bear's build?
dbzfan345: ya
dbzfan345: she's shown me around some of it before
dbzfan345: shes awesome :)
Zephyr Fox: She also try's to build to scale
dbzfan345: you seen my Lincoln Center build in this city?
Dodgy: Zephyr, you ever been to this place in RL ?
Zephyr Fox: show me
Tree Saw: the other structure is nice to me talon
dbzfan345: just north of here
dbzfan345: on the other side of Alpha's build
Tree Saw: yeah
Tree Saw: i like it better is what i mean
dbzfan345: https://nycpano.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/lincoln_center.jpg
dbzfan345: my version is really scaled down to fit my lot
Tree Saw: oh shoot and oh good
Tree Saw: hate to see the destruction
Tree Saw: it does
Zephyr Fox: I currently putting in a monorail in my build
dbzfan345: i even managed to squeeze a lobby of sorts into the Metropolitan Opera building
Tree Saw: we love our old england and new :)
dbzfan345: what are you building?
Zephyr Fox: working on a map sketch when I saw your invite.
dbzfan345: i've also done some realistic builds of buildings from my hometown in greendown's city
Zephyr Fox: did you see the build tour I did with SG?
dbzfan345: no?
Zephyr Fox: wait a sec looking up the link.
dbzfan345: did he show you my two blocks there?
Tree Saw: that s n odd looking one Talon
Zephyr Fox: http://zephyr-fox.blogspot.com/search/label/Interview
Tree Saw: heh heh
Tree Saw: whatevevr happend to that Mayor of mardi Gra? the black man?
Tree Saw: when Katrina hit...him
Tree Saw: is that where he went? to Houston ?
dbzfan345: greendowns been building it seems in every world
dbzfan345: :)
Tree Saw: hardcore builders here dbz: ]
Tree Saw: ray yes i just rememberd his name
Zephyr Fox: I was here at Fantasia when The Courier was first recruiting builder helper.
Tree Saw: oh ...wow
dbzfan345: i've been really impressed by hows hes cataloged almost every building site ever
Zephyr Fox: It is growing quite fast.
dbzfan345: yep
Tree Saw: he's surely out by now
dbzfan345: so greendown showed you my two blocks in his city then?
Tree Saw: prolly out in four
Tree Saw: oh wow. ok
Tree Saw: not ten years he'll get out in four or less
Tree Saw: over crowdedness etc
Zephyr Fox: He's is quite skilled at ferreting out many of the neat builds.
Tree Saw: really gosh He must a been really crooked?
Zephyr Fox: Say dbzfan345, would you like to showcase one of your own builds?
dbzfan345: in you blog?
Tree Saw: does it seem different in NewOrleans now a days ?
Zephyr Fox: Other than here in Fantasia for my blog?
dbzfan345: sure
dbzfan345: you like skyscrapers?
Tree Saw: besides the mold..
dbzfan345: i've done a few NYC skyscrapers in awteen
Zephyr Fox: Just go and send me an invite to your best one.
dbzfan345: they're all together
Zephyr Fox: remember to go slow.
Tree Saw: well i mean the politics..are they different thee now?
Zephyr Fox: I have to photo and take notes.
» Immigration Officer: Welcome to AWTeen! Have a great time exploring and building in this fine world.
dbzfan345: welcome to New York City
Zephyr Fox: Just remember to go slow
dbzfan345: sure thing
Zephyr Fox: I need to take photos and take notes.
dbzfan345: we'll start on this end
Zephyr Fox: I'll try to keep up, but may not. So send me a join me if I get lost.
dbzfan345: all of my NYC builds, with one exception, are close to scale
dbzfan345: with 30 meters in height
dbzfan345: within**
dbzfan345: this is One Chase Manhattan Plaza
Zephyr Fox: This to scale.
dbzfan345: yes
dbzfan345: within 30 or so meters
dbzfan345: i included the building's plaza
dbzfan345: complete with its sunken Japanese rock garden
dbzfan345: http://rew-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/One-Chase-Manhattan-Plaza.jpg
Zephyr Fox: is there any interior stuff or is it hollow?
dbzfan345: all but one of the builds here are hollow
dbzfan345: i did an interior to the hotel build here
dbzfan345: i'll show you that next
Zephyr Fox: ok
dbzfan345: its right over here
dbzfan345: the Hotel Edison
dbzfan345: its based on a hotel i stayed at when i went to NYC last year
dbzfan345: i recreated the main sitting area
dbzfan345: and if you come over to the elevators
Zephyr Fox: I see that you have a working clock.
Zephyr Fox: not bad.
dbzfan345: click the green button to open the doors and the red button to go to the 6th floor
dbzfan345: the image on the elevator doors is from the Chrysler Building
dbzfan345: if you come this way
dbzfan345: room 629 has an interior
dbzfan345: its a suite
Zephyr Fox: nice
dbzfan345: room 604 is a basic hotel room
Zephyr Fox: does the tv work?
dbzfan345: it could, but theres no tv stations in aw anymore that i know of
dbzfan345: when you're ready we can take the elevator back down to the lobby
dbzfan345: next is One Liberty Plaza
dbzfan345: http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v156/AtlanticaC5/1LP.jpg
dbzfan345: again very close to scale
dbzfan345: i like the industrial look to the exposed framework the building has
dbzfan345: directly across from it is the firestation from Ghostbusters, Hook & Ladder 8
dbzfan345: https://carolinaghostbusters.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/imag1625.jpg
Zephyr Fox: Is your first building here?
dbzfan345: ?
dbzfan345: my first ever? or of this set?
Zephyr Fox: when you started in AWteen
dbzfan345: btw, the UN Building here is the one thats not to scale
dbzfan345: its waaaaay too tall
dbzfan345: my old builds aren't as nice as these
dbzfan345: they're from back in 2001
dbzfan345: before primitives, pans, or large cell spaces
dbzfan345: my first building ever happens to be a house in cofmeta
Zephyr Fox: I was here originally in AW 1995, but don't have a clue where those builds are now.
dbzfan345: of all places
dbzfan345: and by luck i even know where it is
dbzfan345: :)
dbzfan345: if you want i can show you it after we're done here
dbzfan345: this is 22 Cortlandt St
dbzfan345: its the r/l neighbor of One Liberty Plaza
Zephyr Fox: I started about 75n 150e but that one was taken out during the great meteor shower
dbzfan345: its base was built as a bank in the 1930s, and then they added a tower to it in the 1970s
dbzfan345: round about the time the twin towers went up
dbzfan345: in awteen?
Zephyr Fox: no 1995 in alpha
dbzfan345: http://media.merchantcircle.com/41115888/22%20Cortlandt%20St.,%2016th%20Fl.%20New%20York%20NY%2010007_full.jpeg
dbzfan345: ah
dbzfan345: that when they deleted a lot of the builds around GZ?
dbzfan345: i heard about that
dbzfan345: i didn't discover AW until 2000
dbzfan345: from the VHS of the movie 'The Thirteenth Floor'
Zephyr Fox: I got back and immediately started on a huge build with an mutil-level underground animated maze.
dbzfan345: nice
dbzfan345: this is One Penn Plaza
dbzfan345: its got a little public plaza on the west side of the tower
Zephyr Fox: nice I've got to start wrapping this up and getting back to the build. Do you have a teleport hub for your builds?
dbzfan345: this one is a cell space hog unlike all the others
dbzfan345: not my newer ones no
dbzfan345: greendown's got a link to this build in his awteen LZ
dbzfan345: and mixed in the teleports at the expo
dbzfan345: the last thing is this copy of a WTC build i found
Zephyr Fox: well if you have any others to show case, just gram me the coords and I will put it in the post.
dbzfan345: somewhere over by greendown's city i found an unfinished WTC build, so i copied it and completed it
dbzfan345: sure thing
Zephyr Fox: I have this done in a day or two and will send you a link by gram when I do.
dbzfan345: aure
dbzfan345: sure*
dbzfan345: i need to head out and pick up something for lunch as it is
dbzfan345: i'll ttyl
Zephyr Fox: I will also announce it in MyAW for others to enjoy.
dbzfan345: i'm really proud of my skyscrapers
Zephyr Fox: Thanks for the tour.......In 4321.........PoooooooooooooF.............
dbzfan345: bye!
Again a rather zippy sort of interview. But, over all it was slow enough to get most everything down, and I didn't feel too rushed to log everything. He got things to scale for sure. Very tall buildings that could easily pass for the real ones, but most are hollow. Very good replicas, not easy to accomplish in AW, but little of the bell and whistle stuff you'll find in many of the extreme builds. However, with just one green star, you can tell that he is well on his way towards becoming a master builder and a respected citizen in the AW community. Click on the jump link below, if you wish to check out his build yourself.
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