The simple description is "a 9-year-old boy builds an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad's used auto part store and has the best day of his life".
In Constantinople elaborate blank arcading also played an important role, as, for example, in the church of the Pammakaristos Virgin (Mosque of Fethiye; c. 1315).
But for geeks the global temple of their culture is Akihabara, a neon-splashed Tokyo neighborhood full of multi-story comic warehouses, elaborate game arcades and stores full of cryptic hardware.
Norwich Castle, for example, included elaborate blind arcading on the outside of the building and appears to had an entrance route designed for public ceremony, rather than for defence.
Many keeps made compromises to purely military utility: Norwich Castle included elaborate blind arcading on the outside of the building, in a Roman style, and appears to had a ceremonial entrance route; The interior of the keep at Hedingham could have hosted impressive ceremonies and events, but contained numerous flaws from a military perspective.
Writing at Mamiverse, Belen Aranda-Alvarado has been thinking about "Caine's Arcade" — an elaborate cardboard arcade made by a 9-year-old boy — and wondering if George Monroy, Caine's father, "a dude who sells used car parts out of a store in East L.A.," is "the parenting guru my generation so desperately needs".
What I found was an elaborate handmade cardboard arcade manned by a young boy who asked if I would like to play.
Its facade of yellow brick and buff terra cotta was in playful contrast to New York's ubiquitous brownstone, and its series of elaborate Venetian-style arcades at street level not only looked impressive, but protected customers from the weather.
On the elaborate Web site promoting the candy, visitors play arcade games, create profiles and make buddy lists of friends.
