Cities are always changing rapidly. Unknowingly, the Ganzai store that I often went to when I was a child has gradually been transformed into a chain convenience store that uses its signature color as the main difference, or a store that pays more attention to the atmosphere and decoration than the food. Delicious restaurants have replaced them, but people’s memories have a shelf life. When the old cityscape is gradually forgotten, where can we find the past?
When artist Randy Hage visited New York in the late 1990s, he was deeply attracted by the handwritten signs in front of stores, the graffiti on the walls, and even the signs of wear and tear, so he began to record the old days of New York City with photos. There were street scenes, but as chain stores and restaurants slowly moved in, when he returned to New York, he found that his favorite street scenes were slowly disappearing. In order to preserve these precious memories, Hage decided to recreate them one by one with a 1:12 scale model. Find these small shops.
Hage first started in the SOHO area, and then moved to the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of ??Brooklyn. Now you may have to go further to find these street scenes full of era, but thanks to Hages efforts, people are now complaining While rents are rising, traffic is congested, and things are bad here and there, there is still a place where you can relive the old days that may not be so convenient, but are nostalgic.