City of Miami part 2 - 3
I resized the image back to the correct size and printed a couple of
copies to work with. The good news is that the HO sized image is
smaller than the photo in the book, so pixilation is not a problem.
I was able to discard the one missing notch at the top left of the
mural. The slight compression of the mural is necessitated by the
model’s interior dimensions.
There were no images of the top of the bar and the area behind
the bar in either the book or on the internet. Fortunately a few
months prior, I had found that the Bamboo Grove was only 105
miles away frommy home. Time for a road trip.
The original 1940 bar still exists in the car, and most of the area
directly behind the bar is unchanged, so I took close-up photos of
these areas. The wall where the mural was has has been removed,
and the short hall it enclosed has been opened up.
5: The bar today.
5
MRH-Aug 2013
