Screenshot / NCSO Project- Vieux Carré
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28-March 14
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So, here you are in the quarter, wondering to do with the rest of your day. Take a leisurely stroll down Canal, Enjoy a muffuletta at Central Grocery, or get sip some quality absinthe at the inn. But don't worry, unlike the rest of the French Quarter, we sadly do ID.
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delightful. finish or else.
This is really charming.
The tracks on the balconies strike me as unnecessary. Other than that... finish it. Please.
So refreshing
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great, absolutely great, but it doesn't look French IMO.
I miss the atmosphere
I'm gonna be honest and say I really don't like this. You're adding way too many things to one building in my opinion and it just looks like a giant mess. I understand you're trying out new ideas but sometimes less is more.
... it ain't french, sunshine
BigB Offline
then I missunderstood "French Quarter" and the name of the Project...
Edit: Ok, New Orleans ...
I'm afraid I'm with the few saying less is more. I think the balconies are looking very heavy at the moment and rather industrial. As I said on your other screen, I think some of this detailing would fit better on larger structures that warrant this. The variation in building shapes is very nice though, as is the street with its planters.
BigB Offline
I had a look at wikipedia, and I agree that your balconies are very heavy
http://en.wikipedia....New_Orleans.JPG
Nonetheless New Orleans was french city with Spanish influence, so why shouldn't be there some french atmosphere ?!
if it isn't french, then why did you name it the old square in french? seems weird to give a non french screenshot a french name, unless you're doing quebec or something
Colonial cities never look like their country of origin. I could write a long essay about how and why, but it's not worth the effort. French Quarter in New Orleans =/= French, simple as that. It's good that you made the architecture distinctive and recognizable, but I also agree with Poke. 65% because I'm in a good mood.
It comes across as more steampunk/victorian than it does french quarter.
The rightmost building is great. Great balcony.
I don't understand the giant supports in the other balconies.
Also, Vieux Carré does not mean old square in french, or at least not the way you mean it.
Maybe it's correct usage in New Orleans, but in France, carré really means the geometrical shape (it can also mean some kind of officer's dining hall though).
If you want to say square, you should say "place," as in "Place Vendôme." (famous Parisian location)
yeah, it means that referring to new orleans
i guess it's just some linguistical bullshit but whatever
The two buildings on either end are probably the closest I've seen anyone get to the French Quarter on here from an aesthetic standpoint. That middle building is still odd.
By the way, for all the Europeans trying to give Shotguns shit about the linguistics of this, know that New Orleans is pretty twisted when it comes to its colonial background and language. The French Quarter is entirely distinct from any French influence, and the vast majority of the area, except for one or two buildings, is all Spanish colonial or American additions, with France only surviving in the names of the streets and of the district. The area is generally called the Vieux Carre as well, though the Carre refers not to any specific square, where we have a Place d'Armes, but more than likely to the general geometry of the district as a whole, with it being more or a less a square clinging to the side of the riverbend.