James River Branch: Emma's Cafe

Emma's Cafe

I'll confess that I was hooked from the beginning by Miller Engineering's glittering "handful of street" (at right). Had it suited the space, I would have replicated it almost as-is. But this was neither practical nor desirable, as it wouldn't demonstrate much originality on my part. At any rate, one of the buildings in the photo sports a Cafe sign, which inspired me to model a small fine restaurant.

But it was to be a long and winding road for Emma's. After residing in several different buildings and being moved amongst several different locations, Emma's wound up in the first floor of the Gilmor Hotel. But in mid-2010 Naughtright endured one of many major revisions, and as a consequence Emma's was resurrected!

Alas, the structure as it appears in the third photo at right was dismantled, and became more fodder in the leftover scraps drawer. Thus it must arise like a phoenix out of the detritus to be reborn. That is yet to come...

This project was last updated on 17 July 2010. More as it happens.

Inspiration for the cafe started with this street scene by Miller Engineering.

Emma's is bashed from a Miller Engineering townhouse kit.

An earlier version of the project looked like this.