Here is a shot from the Michigan Lego Train Club display at the recent Owosso Train Festival (July 23-26, 2009) in the historic town of Owosso, Michigan. As has been the case for the last few years, the tallest buildings are my replicas of the Penobscot (11 feet high), David Stott (7.8 feet high) and Ford (4.5 feet high) buildings. Another club member had a replica of One Woodward Place (5 feet high). This is the first time I have displayed my replica of the entire Penobsot block which consists of five buildings (Penobscot Building (1905, 13 stories), Penobscot Annex (1913, 23 stories - only six completed at this time), Penobscot Building (1928, 47 stories), Ford Building (1909, 19 stories) and Savoyard Center/Peoples State Bank (1900, 1 story).
Photo Credit: Me.
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One thing this show revealed was how little most people know about skyscrapers. Quite a number of visitors to the train festival mistook the Penobscot for the Empire State Building and others asked where King Kong was. While the Penobscot (1928) and Empire State (1931) both share the Art Deco style, the buildings are quite dissimilar in shape and details.