MOC: Lawyers and Snack Bar

[cimddwc]

Here's the next building for my slanted road with the Pet Shop and my PC Shop, P.I., Artist, Bar, 8-bed Hotel in two 16-wide houses...

I decided to use varying widths this time (10 studs for the snack bar, 14 for the middle part above the brook, and 8 for the nougat left), and made the middle part's wall a bit simpler, plainer; and even though the road remains level here, the roofs continue the slanted line as you'll see further below.

Since MOCpages seems to be a bit unreliable these days, I put these photos on flickr. To see all of them with their short descriptions, just start with the first and click your way through the set...

Since this building was intended to sit on the left edge of my future setup (though this plan is about to change, as plans always do...), I made the wall removable at the bottom so we can look inside the basements:

Above we see the elevator shaft – with a little "nose" on the top left to hold the cab –, stuff for cleaning, toilet, big archive with archivist, and a secret door – you know, just the regular stuff you'd find in any law firm.

Wait, did I just say "secret door"? Yes, and two special clients are waiting until they may enter:

If you happen to know the TV series Angel with its Wolfram & Hart law firm, you might have guessed that this here is no ordinary law firm. :)

A closeup of the cab:

It's not really practical for playing (which I don't do anyway) since you have to remove the upper floors and the red pin is often hard to reach through the shaft... Anyway, the sliding piece on the rop right holds the cab on the right level for the doors on every floor.

Boss's office interior:

One view of the snack bar interior:

And the living room upstairs:

And finally a look at the entire road so far:

(Please try to ignore the ugly foundations... maybe I should have photoshopped them...)

As you can see, I added a sand green copy of the Pet Shop – also provides a nicer flow of the levels along the slanted road. I used the rest of my sand green bricks for it and bought only 3 more, so only the front and part of the back are green while the rest is gray. It doesn't have an interior yet.

» Again the link to the flickr set

I'm planning to complete this row with a 12-stud and a 16-stud corner building on the right, by the way; not sure which color(s) to use yet.

Comments and suggestions welcome as always, of course. :)

[Jasper Joppe Geers]

Looks great!

You know, these coloured facades remind me a bit of Notting Hill..

[BlueBard]

Wonderful new additions!

[22kane]

I really like your whole set up. It's got that California row home thing going on. The details are very interesting not only on the inside but the outside as well. Very nice work. I'm not familiar with the show "Angel" but I really like the monster law firm idea. I could see why a vampire or werewolf could use a lawyer.

[sonicstarlight]

These are truly brilliant! I like that you are mixing up the width of the buildings so it isn't just a series of 16 or 32-wides. Each one compliments the next beautifully, and the interiors are equally great.

I can't wait to see the finished scene with your corner building and final foundations!

[Vindicare]

Although it has a different roof line, Market Street would fit nicely in there. As for a color for the corner building, a red, possibly sand or dark would look nice. I'm curious as to what that "BETS" shop is? A little casino? A place to watch horse races from around the country? Illegal gambling ring? Very nice street scene there, now you just have to add the actual streets.

Edited August 6, 2011 by Legocrazy81

[Brickdoctor]

Excellent work. I love those really skinny buildings; the design works especially well for such a small building like the snack bar.

[cimddwc]

Thanks everyone!

Although it has a different roof line, Market Street would fit nicely in there. As for a color for the corner building, a red, possibly sand or dark would look nice.

Yes, sand red may be nice; I also thought about a 3rd Pet Shop in sand red already, but there are no grooved 1x2 bricks. Since sand red is rather expensive, I'd have to limit that to the front again.

Dark red is planned for a train station next down the road after a gap, so I don't want to use it here; at least not as main color.

I'm curious as to what that "BETS" shop is? A little casino? A place to watch horse races from around the country? Illegal gambling ring?

A betting office for all kinds of sports, with a bunch of TVs and monitors for the odds and a counter to place the bets.

[Big Cam]

You are the new modular king as far as I'm concerned.

I love the individual rooms, and the details. The cabinet with the gold tops is great, and although a design that seems like common sense now that I see it, the stairs and pillars around it are brilliant.

[cimddwc]

Oh, if I'm king, there are still emperors and gods to bow down to around here... but thanks.

[Ecclesiastes]

Nice! I really like the difference of hights!

[TheLegoDr]

I love the entire collection! I really like the style of the law office. Keep up the good work!!

[LegoFan03]

LOVE IT!!! Great job! :) I am wondering if you have any plan to cover up that mixed colors Legos by landscapes to make it look more realistic hillside?

[Dazmundo]

"Wolfbrick & Hart" Quality

Really good work

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[L@go]

Wow.

You've done it again! I love how the facade gives an impression of three buildings while there are only two inside - many real-life buildings are exactly like that. Maybe there were three originally, but the interior has been refurbished and walls knocked down. And the interior! So many neat details: The photocopier, the lovely cabinet in the lawyer's office (those crates look like they were made for that use), the custom stickers and the elevator. Now, I'm a huge fan of stairs in modular buildings, but a very nice 'shortcut' is a space-saving elevator. And speaking of space: I'm amazed with the amount of details you've managed to put into the two top floors of the snackbar.

By the way, it appears that your lawyers don't have skeletons in the closets. Instead, they've hidden them elsewhere :)

And finally, while the buildings are great in their own right, your setup is just brilliant. And I love the river that runs underneath. I can't wait to see this in a bigger layout.

I don my hat. This is amazing.

[AussieJimbo]

Very nice work.

The three different widths was a great choice and really adds to the variety of the streetscape.

:classic:

[lightningtiger]

Your best work yet 'cimddwc', the street is comming along nicely and the snack bar very realistic in a city landscape plus the law firm's office block is fantastic on the inside and out.....just by the looks you better pay the fees otherwise Mr. Wolfman might get nasty !

Keep going 'cimddwc' and Brick On !

[cimddwc]

Thanks again!

LOVE IT!!! Great job! :) I am wondering if you have any plan to cover up that mixed colors Legos by landscapes to make it look more realistic hillside?

That ugly part will certainly be covered in the end. In the back, there'll be part of a train platform on one side and a hill with a little waterfall on the other side, with train tunnels underneath. The front, well, that part of my plans is currently the most volatile... maybe I'll build a slanted park in front of the road, maybe two rows of smaller houses going downhill to a promenade by a lake to the right of the river, and stairs down to a bigger part of the promenade/park on the left, something like that...

just by the looks you better pay the fees otherwise Mr. Wolfman might get nasty !

The citizens who already crossed W&H's paths know that. But no need for me to worry – those lawyers are just minions of the Powers That Be, and who but the builder (i.e. me) could be these Powers in a Lego town?

[iElkie]

Your modular street looks absolutely gorgeous and these new buildings are among the main reasons for that. Really great work!

[Vincent Kessels]

Those are excellent buildings 'cimmddwc'! :thumbup:

My favorite is the sand blue snack shop, but they are all very beautiful.

[LEGO Guy Bri]

Awesome law firm and bakery 'cimddwc'. Your street is really coming together nicely. Keep up the great work

[Hinckley]

I can't say enough positive things about this creation cimddwc. So, instead of gushing on and on here, I just blogged it on Classic-Town.net

[Holodoc]

A wonderful creation so far. This is the first time I stumble upon your brilliant modular street. But be sure your name will be listed in my "have to look at" list.

I especially like the look of the houses side by side - they all look like they were build in the same time. Just like a well preserved street from the last century.

The different widths add to that great feeling. Very well done!

Are you planning to make the river underneath the last house more visible? It would be a pitty if it gets drowned ...

Although I had to lough seeing the "pets" and "bets" sign/house next to each other I would prefer to seperate them.

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

WOW this is absolutely complex and chic!

I love the beautiful details: the inner furnitures are great, the hi-fi with record player absolutely original. Ilove also the cute staircase in the bar.

The complete landscape is a unique masterpiece ...another great work cmddwc!

You deserve the MOC Expert medal!

Edited August 10, 2011 by LEGO Train 12 Volts

[cimddwc]

Thanks again!

Are you planning to make the river underneath the last house more visible? It would be a pitty if it gets drowned ...

Yes, after continuing under the road it will (assuming I'll stick with the current plans) flow down to a lake in the open; in the back, it will have even more open space and a little waterfall – which will have to be rather close to the building unless I move the planned train tunnels a little further back...