Swede Shoppe

Courtesy Lego H&M by L. G. Orlando

Miami, Florida- (BTT) Shopping in Lego City has never been so trendy! With the building of a H&M store right around the corner from the Pet Shop and Cafe Corner, the minifigs can be sure to stay in fashion, while funneling their money into the Swedish economy! This great building by L. G. Orlando brings to the table all of the things that a proper clothing store should have: mannequins in the window, a useless second floor, impossibly thin and tan models photographed and put on banners and boards visible from the street, and a happy customer. The crenelation at the top shows that they have some good taste!

Orange Crush

Courtesy Modular Orange Bank by Myko

Bayveiw Boulevard- (BTT) Colour can make or break a building. If it has too much grey, it will be easy to mistake as a communist parking garage. But, on the other side, if there's too much colour, then it will look like your building belongs in candy land. This building by Christer Nyberg (Myko) is a great study in colour- the top has bright orange, but it is subtly offset with greys and dark orange. The street also has a lot of personality, with the smug bench sitter and the anxious banker. Just make sure you don't get too distracted by the building and miss your bus!

Best rates in town!

Courtesy MOC7 by The LostLostBoy

Financial district- (BTT) These days, banks will do just about anything to draw in customers. Silly slogans, memorable pitch lines, rebrandings. But sometimes, a bank is there. And has been since the last great war, or at least as long as you can remember. This beautiful Art Deco style bank is no exception. From the friendly patrons out front, to the not-so-friendly felon out back, it's crammed full of great detail. Just be careful that your significant other doesn't splurge the money from your loan on some jewelry upstairs.

Dutch Canal House

Dutch Canal House, originally uploaded by Nieks G..

Creations like these are an instant inspiration to get back to building. It is a very visually pleasing and realistic creation, with details around every corner.Very cool!

...and don't let me forget the terrific photography!

Sand Green / White Bookstore

from cimddwc's flickr photostream


I'm loving the white details here - note the use of Bionicle bits.

Spanish Corner

01, originally uploaded by andybear@hk.

A very nice, simple building with great colors and designs. The tree built with a bunch of flowers is a great idea and the dark tan just works perfectly with this build! I look forward to more!

Police Station

Main View, originally uploaded by Johan_vd_Heuvel (Teddy).

A spectacular model to say the least. A terrific facade accompanied with an amazingly detailed interior. Be sure to check out the garage and prisoner cells too! Awesome job as usual Teddy. ;-)

CC-Standard Cast Iron Florist

CC-Standard Cast Iron Florist, originally uploaded by sonicstarlight.

A building overgrown by flowers. A very well thought out creation built to service anybody in need of some plants. It even contains a floor dedicated to garden supplies! Looks like it belonged on the Cafe Corner street the entire time. Nice work, and keep up the building sonicstarlight!

Grand Leguini's House

Fachada-1, originally uploaded by valgarise.

The details on this are just fantastic! The dark red and dark blue clash with the white to form a really imposing structure and the ornate arches surrounding the windows give the sense of wealth and prominence attributed to a mysterious magician such Grand Leguini. We'll have to keep a closer eye on this builder, nice work!

Blue Bard's Weird Social Club

A great little building with two floors for the strange and funny. Visit the second floor for some music or hang out with the old lady and her cat on the first. Do this all while watching an RC plane on the roof and some gun sight adjustment for a dummy. Every city needs that "weird part of town", and Blue Bard addressed that issue first hand.

Museum of Antiquities

With a large imposing view, this museum brings up the good memories of Johnny Thunder as he ventured through the desert, jungle, and mountains. From expensive gold dinosaurs to walls lined with hieroglyphics, one will see the time taken to get every detail right. Just check out the glass showcases to get an idea. Great job all around, Atlas!

Burberry

A terrific building by Flickr member Jared Chan features another clothing outlet in his long line of clothing outlets. As always, his details are top notch and offer that "solid" look so well known with the Cafe Corner line of sets from LEGO. Keep up the great buildings!

Port Seaside

I don't know how it happened, but lgorlando managed to post something without it immediately getting blogged here. Here it is now:

from lgorlando's Flickr photostream