History of a personal object Amber Chen. Meet my toy Martian…

History of a personal object

Amber Chen

Meet my toy Martian…

New York City

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/49472754

First stop: Times Square

http://thejetlife.com/2013/06/22/new-york-city-times-square-night-tour/

The Crossroads of the World…. aka the New York tourist site

Mars 2112

• Opened October 3, 2000 on Time Square• Founded by Paschal M. Pheland and Simon

Deith• 3 Stories high restaurant based on sci-fi theme• Targeting tourists in the Time Square• Closed January 2012 (No given reason )

UFO Architecture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_2112#mediaviewer/File:Mars_2112_jeh.JPG

Interior of the restaurant

http://www.bondingelements.com/tag/mars-2112/

Playing with toys and plushie used to be the only interaction between my younger cousin and me…

Cousin

Back to New York

After 13 years….