With a few hours of down time I convinced [Caleb Kraft] to go to Hamtramck Disneyland with me. You’ve heard of it, right? I certainly hadn’t. I sounded like gibberish when [Chris Thompson] suggested it to us. Just a 10 minute drive away from Recycle Here! (where the Red Bull Creation is being held).
Without a street address we never would have found it. The spectacle is simply a house on a normal looking street in Hamtramck, Michigan. We were just a few doors down, creeping down the street, before we spied a flash of color between the houses. Swinging around the corner and into the alley this marvel opened up to us. The work of [Dmytro Szylak] started about twenty years ago. He built and built and built for years, a produced some backyard art that impossible to view without beaming with joy. You won’t spend much time there, but seeing for yourself is worth a few minutes side trip. For those that will never have a chance, here are the pictures I snapped.
Posting this may not have been a kind gesture.
Disney lawyers launching in three…two…one…
There’s a wikipedia page. I can’t think this is a well kept secret.
Have a neighbour who did the same thing with his house in Trofa, Portugal.
Only that he is a ironforger and forged all the stuff… which is animated (iron monkeys going through pulleys around, etc Lots and Lots of “naif statues”.
Seems his wife left him and he found the time… :)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rua+16+de+Maio+1929,+4785+Trofa,+Portugal/@41.3372052,-8.5893237,19z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0xd245c3e901d6d61:0xc58b1056934f84a3 That’s the place… Reislandia… Meaning “Reis Land” like DisneyLand…
That’s what people do when they want to piss off the local government or ruin the property values in the whole neighborhood. Nobody wants to buy a house on that street.
Actually, I sure would. I think that sort of thing might just end up birthing some very creative neighborhoods here and there… would have to have all the right things come together, but still… I give the guy mad props for being willing to march to the beat of his own drum and just express his heart like that. He’s got bigger stones than a lot of us do.
If anything, this would probably raise property values in Hamtramck.
Ukraine.
You guys are already here and didnt say anything. I would love to meet.
It looks like a build in Second Life. Is that “place” still around?
Cheap copy of the disneyland of robots that exists in Brazil for over 40 yrs now, the best thing of that in Brazil is that they’ve been using hacks and building robots and machines way before hacking becomes popular. If any goes to Brazil it’s a must see.
Hope you guys got to enjoy some of the polish food in Hamtramck.
You may also be interested in visiting the Heidelberg project on Detroit’s east side. http://www.heidelberg.org/ It’s more art oriented than hack but it’s the community going out and creating something.